Legal+Use+of+Digital+Media

//**~ Legal Use of Digital Media **//

Properly using information that has been gathered from the internet is very important. This page not only benefits teachers but also benefits students. Teachers much educate students about the proper way how to document information and how to source where the information came from. These following terms will help teachers to better understand the process of using information from digital media properly.


 * //Copyright: //**

*Gives credit to the creator for the piece of work and protect them from having others steal their information.
 * Copyrights protect all forms of work, however it doesn’t cover facts.
 * Creator must give permission to use piece of work, without being properly citied.

__Teacher Suggestion: __ Teachers need to be a good role model when using media they need to properly show their students how to give credit to the people who created the piece of work they may be using. People all too often use digital media and don’t give credit to the creator because they don’t think they have too. It is the job of the teacher to educate the students the proper way to use media.


 * //Fair Use: //**

*Allows the use of copyrighted material for educational purposes. -Purpose of Use -Nature of Work -Proportion/Extent of material used -Effect on marketability
 * There are four standards for determining the fair use of exemption:
 * There is a fine line between copy right and fair use, teachers have to do their research because completing an assignment.
 * The amount of the work that is being used is also a great factor in determining fair use.

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__Teacher Suggestion: __Fair Use benefits teachers in the aspect of them being able to use documents for educational purposes without violating copy right laws. It is important for teachers to become a good strong role model in regards to correctly using information that has been gathered from the internet.


 * //Creative Commons: //**

*Is a non-profit organization’s headquarters is located in the United States

-Attribution -Attribution Share Alike -Attribution No Derivates -Attribution Non-Commercial -Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike -Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
 * Creative Commons allows creators to reserve some rights and refuse others.
 * There are six major types of Licenses:
 * Does not go against The Copy Right Laws

__Teacher Suggestion: __ Creative Commons allows teachers to use more media within their everyday lessons. Teachers can put more information and create more projects with ease, as long as they do the proper research to understand the laws surrounding that piece of media.

Work Citied: Bitter, G. G., & Legacy, J. M. (2008). //Using Technology in the Classroom// (7th ed.). Boston: Pearson. (Original work published 1984)

Creative Commons. (n.d.). //Wikipedia//. Retrieved May 15, 2010, from []

Fair Use. (n.d.). //Wikipedia//. Retrieved May 16, 2010, from []

United States CopyRight Office. (2010, May 5). What is Copy Right. In //Copy Right Basics//. Retrieved May 14, 2010, from []