District Fair Use Guidelines
The following is taken directly from the Douglas County Web site:
Access to works on the Internet does not automatically
mean that these can be reproduced and reused without permission or
royalty payment. Some copyright works may have been posted to the
Internet without authorization of the copyright holder. The following
guidelines have been approved by the U. S. Copyright Office, ASCAP,
BMI, and MPA.
Students
Students may incorporate portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works when
producing their own educational multimedia projects for a specific course.
They may include these projects in their own portfolios as examples of their
academic work for later personal uses such as job and graduate school interviews.
Educators
Educators may incorporate portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works when
displaying their own educational multimedia projects created for curriculum-based
instruction and in presentations to their peers. They may use these for a period
of two years, after which they must obtain permission for each copyrighted
portion incorporated in the production.
Federal Government Fair Use
Portion Methods
Portion Limitations Method (CONFU at University of Texas)
1. Up to 10% or 3 minutes, whichever is less, of a copyrighted motion picture.
2. Up to 10% or 30 seconds, whichever is less, of a music video or musical
recording.
3. Up to 10% or 1000 words, whichever is less, of a copyrighted text (book,
article, poem, etc.).
4. A photograph or illustration may be used in its entirety, but no more than
5 images by an artist or from a single site.
5. Up to 10% or 2500 fields or cell entries, whichever is less, from a copyrighted
database or data table.
Note:
Educators and students are reminded to credit the sources and display the copyright
notice © and ownership information ® if this is shown in the original
source. This should include citation of sources on printed material included
with the multimedia presentation.
Diamond, Stan. Fair Use Guidelines. 1998. Online. http://www.libraries.psu.edu/avs/fairuse/default.htm
Evaluation Method (Indiana University, Purdue University)
Currently the pendulum has swung back in the direction of greater liberties for fair use. This checklist is an example of the most common form of guidelines today.
Quick Rules to Decide
Can you use the original instead?
Are you using a small portion?
Is there a valid education reason for using it?
Will I use it for only a brief period?
Did you get it from the original source?
