Background Beach

Copyright has been contested since medieval times and still has some very murky waters, as I
found out in the quizzes I took. There are many guidelines and rules of thumb to go by, and as
long as you're pretty close to them you should be ok. Blatantly using someone else's work is
plain wrong and there are definitely consequences. Background beach describes the Copyright
Act and the five rights granted by it: the rights to reproduce, prepare derivatives, distribute
copies, to perform, and to display the works. The different types of work it protects are: forms of
expression, like poetry, artwork, computer programs, music, movies and photos just to name a
few. What copyright law doesn't protect are mere ideas, facts, short phrases, or blank forms that
simply collect information. Tjis portion of the tutorial also describes the Fair Use concepts
introduced in the Copyright Act of 1976, there are four: the purpose and character of the use, the
nature of the work, the amount and substantiation of the work, and the effect upon the use of the
market. Teachers don't have unlimited use of any document created, they should handle each
piece of work they encounter carefully. Educators shouldn’t be afraid of an infringement lawsuit
if they use a minimal amount to get their point across in the teaching environment. Copyright is
basically saying that educators can use a portion of a work without having to pay for the usage.

Multimedia Wharf

The Fair Use guidelines for the multimedia section are also just a rule of thumb to follow when
educators are looking to utilize material from multimedia sources. A multimedia source can be
defined as graphics, music, and documents introduced into a computer-based environment.
Students are allowed to incorporate others’ works into their own for academic assignments,
faculty may also incorporate others’ works in order to produce a curriculum, faculty may provide
copyrighted works in order for distance learning students to access them, faculty may also use
their own multimedia projects as “professional symposia. There are very specific guidelines to
follow when it comes to how much content a student or faculty may use. There is a large
constituency of people who adhere to these guidelines, including: authors, teachers, attorney's,
publishers, and librarians to name a few. It’s important to remember that a faculty member may
only keep parts of someone else’s work for up to two years, and then must get permission from
the original owner. Students and educators alike should show respect to the creators of the
different works they intend to use by giving them credit or asking permission to use their work.

Single copying Inlet

The 1976 Copyright Act states that one copy can be made by teachers from a number of different
resources, such as: a chapter from a book, periodical, short story, essay, poem, chart, graph or
diagram/drawing. It's important that librarians especially keep students in check and post a
copyright notice on the copy machines. There is a controversy over e-reserves, and definitely
over coursepacks being produced for classrooms. The main idea is to use limitations, and only
have a non-profit company put together the coursepacks.A great idea would be to have the
coursepacks returned to the professor at the end of the semester so that they're not responsible for
any copyright infringement that may take place from copies they've distributed. There are
definitely advantages to having the resources on reserve at the library for the students. If the
subject gets real touchy, this would be the better way to go than coursepacks.

Cove of Multiple Copies

This section discusses how multiple copies may be made for educational purposes. There are
very specific guidelines that educators should follow when making multiple copies. One copy
per student, no more than 9 multiple copy instances in one term, the student shouldn't be charged
except for the cost of the copy, one work is copied from each author, and no more than 3 authors
work shall be used in a single piece. Standardized tests, and workbooks should not be copied as
well. Also to be noted is the fact that if the educator has time, they should try to get the author's
permission to use the work. Only in the case of spontaneity should fair use be used. The word
limits when making multiple copies should be used as boundaries.

Audio Visual Lagoon

A an audio visual piece of work is considered to be a sequence of photos that may be set to
music. It shouldn't be confused with a multimedia, which can incorporate an AV with text and
graphics. Performance and display are different from Fair Use when making a copy of an AV. It
is illegal to show a video as a reward, it is infringement if the copy of the AV is illegal, and the
AV must be relevant to the curricula at hand. It is also illegal to copy any AV work to a different
format of viewing. For distance learning courses you are allowed to show portions of AV works,
and you are also allowed to copy portions that pertain to your curriculum at hand. If you must
copy a portion of the work to show your class, you should avoid using the most poignant part of
the AV.

DistEd Point

The fact that distance learning has exploded in the last decade or so is definitely partly because
of the TEACH Act which allows for AV to be shared on the internet. The ability to show AV to
students enrolled in a course, being available for a brief period of time, and reasonable/limited
portions are used are a few of the guidelines that have been set in order to show AV through
digital technology. The AV cannot be accessed over the entire course, but only a short "session".
If there isn't a digital copy of the work available, one may copy the portion needed to get their
educational point across. The TEACH Act provides the educator with the means to teach a
distant education course. It's definitely a good idea to research the TEACH Act. It should be a
quiz that every educator should take upon entering the teaching profession, or every couple of
sessions take a refresher course.