when they occur within a restricted-access network, do enjoy certain copyright
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The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education - 60 views
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we as a society give limited property rights to creators to encourage them to produce culture; at the same time, we give other creators the chance to use that same copyrighted material, without permission or payment
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Did the unlicensed use "transform" the material taken from the copyrighted work by using it for a different purpose than that of the original, or did it just repeat the work for the same intent and value as the original? • Was the material taken appropriate in kind and amount, considering the nature of the copyrighted work and of the use?
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the purpose of copyright—to promote the advancement of knowledge through balancing the rights of owners and users.
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In some cases, this will mean using a clip or excerpt; in other cases, the whole work is needed. Whenever possible, educators should provide proper attribution and model citation practices that are appropriate to the form and context of use.
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educators using concepts and techniques of media literacy should be free to enable learners to incorporate, modify, and re-present existing media objects in their own classroom work
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Students should be able to understand and demonstrate, in a manner appropriate to their developmental level, how their use of a copyrighted work repurposes or transforms the original.
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but cannot rely on fair use when their goal is simply to establish a mood or convey an emotional tone, or when they employ popular songs simply to exploit their appeal and popularity
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If student work that incorporates, modifies, and re-presents existing media content meets the transformativeness standard, it can be distributed to wide audiences under the doctrine of fair use.
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When sharing is confined to a delimited network, such uses are more likely to receive special consideration under the fair use doctrine
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there are no cut-and-dried rules (such as 10 percent of the work being quoted, or 400 words of text, or two bars of music, or 10 seconds of video).
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Transformativeness, a key value in fair use law, can involve modifying material or putting material in a new context, or both
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Copyright Act itself makes it clear that educational uses will often be considered fair because they add important pedagogical value to referenced media objects.
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If educators or learners want to share their work only with a class (or another defined, closed group) they are in a favorable position
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courts have found that asking permission and then being rejected has actually enhanced fair use claims.
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We don’t know of any lawsuit actually brought by an American media company against an educator over the use of media in the educational process
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NewsHour Extra: Year-Round Schooling - August 8, 2001 - 27 views
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less than four percent of all schools, but it's four times the number of students in year-round schools 10 years ago.
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