Researching the Copyright Laws

  1. What happened on April 1, 1989 that changed copyright history?

  2. What should you assume about all intellectual, video, photographic, and multimedia material? 

  3. What is the correct form for a copyright notices?  

  4. What phrase is no longer needed to signify copyrighted materials?

  5. What do you know about all recent materials, even if posted at a public listserve?

  6. List all the restrictions for "Fair Use".

  7. What are some items that CANNOT be copyrighted?

  8. Give one of the major reasons students are caught in plagiarism besides the act of "cutting and pasting" from the Internet without giving proper credit.

  9. As teachers, what issues do we need to discuss with students when they are using the Internet or other resources for research?  Be specific.

  10. What is the concept of "derivative works"?

  11. What are some differences between civil law and criminal law?  Which law does copyright infringement violate?

  12. Discuss issues in regard to email and copyright laws.

  13. What is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? Discuss any significant information that this act addresses with regard to education.

  1. Describe restrictions for each of the following media if used in research and how each of the following media must be given credit.                  
Text
Visual Arts (Illustrations)
Audio Arts
Digital Arts
Presentations
Copying and Distributing
  1. Discuss "Public Domain" and "Dead Copyrights".
  2. Discuss the following:
    Publishing student work
    Publishing teacher work
    Publishing student personal information
    Publishing teacher personal information

    RESOURCES
    INTEL (c) Copyright Chaos
    Digital Copyright Laws
    Copyright and Legal Issues
    Different Types of Media
    Derivative Work
    Fair Use Test
    Public Domain
    Ownership Issues

     

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