A Presentation by Elizabeth Strittmatter

Educators must gain knowledge and use the legal

rights granted to them (and their students) under
the doctrine of fair use (35).
Media Literacy

ACCESS
ANALYZE
EVALUATE
COMMUNICATE
What is Copyright?

The owners right to

reproduce

display

Transmit

modify
WE TEND TO FIT INTO THREE CATEGORIES
CLOSE THE DOOR!

HYPER-COMPLY!
SEE NO EVIL HEAR NO EVIL!
Section 107: The Fair Use Doctrine of Copyright 1976

Fair use gives people a right to use copyrighted

material when the cost to the copyright holder
is less than the social benefit of the use of the
copyrighted work.
Declaration of Independence, the Bible, quotes of other preachers, song lyrics from America, and Free at last
Fair Use Doctrine of 1976
Do not fall prey to these guidelines which
promote uncertainty! Instead be aware of

Transformativness!
TRANSFORMATIVENESS

HAS MY STUDENT ADDED VALUE?

HAS MY STUDENT REPURPOSED THE WORK?

Non-transformativeness
CODE OF BEST PRACTICES For Media Literacy

Educators Can Learners Can

1. make copies of the newspaper Use copyrighted works in
articles, TV shows, and other creating new materials; and
copyrighted works and used them
and keep them for educational use Distribute their works digitally if
Create curriculum materials and they meet the
scholarship that contain embedded transformativeness standard
copyright materials
Share, sell, and distribute
curriculum materials that contain
embedded copyrighted materials
They also recommend the following steps in the reasoning process suggested by the fair use laws:

1. Determine of the doctrine of fair use applies to your particular

use of a copyrighted work
2. If so, use the copyrighted work freely in your own creative
work.
3. If not then ask permission of the copyright holder
4. Pay a license fee if needed.
5. Or use copyright cleared resources (like Creative commons) as
an alternative selection.
!!Creative Commons is NON PROFIT organization that has
Developed a new licensing model that allows creators to
Specify which rights they wish to reserve in order to promote sharing
Of creative work!!!