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A great website on copyright rules (http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/guidelines.html) below:
Here's a link to a site that offers some "copyright friendly" resources: http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/cfimages.html#Royalty-Free_and_-Friendly_Music_and_Sound
Multimedia Projects (using
presentation programs like PowerPoint)
http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/guidelines.html
In creating academic multimedia products, students may use the "lawfully acquired copyrighted" works of others with proper credit and citations. They may perform and display their own educational multimedia projects in the course for which they were created. They may also retain them as examples of their academic work for later personal uses such as job and college interviews.
The rule of thumb for multimedia projects is to "be conservative." Use only small amounts of the works of others. Do not make any unnecessary copies--no more than two "use copies" and one additional back-up copy. (If a group created the project, each major contributor may make his or her own copy but only for the purpose for which the project was originally created.)
Crediting Sources
Students should include a note on the opening screen of their project stating that some materials in the presentation are included in accordance with the Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines and are restricted from further use.
Students should credit all sources of copyrighted information with full bibliographic citations, including author, title, publisher, and place and date of publication, URL, etc. This bibliographic information may be combined and shown in a separate section of the project, for instance, a works cited card or slide. (There are exceptions for images when used for distance learning.) If the copyright notice © and copyright ownership information is shown in the original source, students must show it in their credits.
If there is a possibility that students will later use their multimedia project in another way, for example dissemination on the Web, they should take steps to obtain permissions for all copyrighted portions while the project is being developed rather than waiting until the project is completed.
Portions Used
There are very specific guidelines limiting the portions of copyrighted works students are allowed to use in a multimedia project. Portion use varies according to information format:
Text
· Up to 10% or 1000 words, whichever is less of a copyrighted work
· Poems: The entire poem if less than 250 words - 250 words or less if using a longer poem
o No more than 5 poems (or excerpts) of different poets, from an anthology
o No more than 3 poems (or excerpts) by one poet
Music or Lyrics
· Up to 10% of a copyrighted musical composition, but no more than 30 seconds from an individual musical work
· Any alterations cannot change the basic melody or the fundamental character of the work
Illustrations
· A photograph or illustration may be used in its entirety
· No more than 5 images by an artist or photographer
· No more than 10% or no more than 15 images of a collective work
Motion Media
· Up to 10% of a copyrighted work or 3 minutes, whichever is less
· Numerical Data Sets
· Up to 10% or 2500 fields or cell entries, whichever is less, from a copyrighted database or data table
Internet (use in multimedia projects)
Care should be used in downloading material from Internet sites for use in multimedia presentations. Students should be aware that some copyrighted works have been posted to the Internet without authorization of the copyright holder.
Integrity of the copyrighted work: alterations
Educators and students may make alterations in the portions of the copyrighted works used in an academic multimedia project only if the alterations support specific instructional objectives. All alterations must be noted.
Permission is required:
· For multimedia projects used for non-educational or commercial purposes
· For duplication or distribution of multimedia projects beyond limitations outlined above (posting on the Web, for example)
· When distributing the project over an electronic network
The Fair Use Guidelines do not extend to Web publishing. They end when the creator of the multimedia project loses control of his product's use, such as when it is accessed by others over the Internet. Students may choose to search for images in databases that are within the public domain. A list of such sites is located here. Students should take steps to obtain permission for all copyrighted portions of a Web product, unless it is very clearly noted that these materials are in the public domain and available for free use. Requests for permission should begin while the project is being developed.
Here's a template of a letter you might mail or email requesting permission to use copyrighted work.
Requesting Permission of a Copyright Holder
When writing for permission you are more likely to get a positive response if you:
Remember to:
Date
Publisher's Name (if available)
Publisher's Address (if available)
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am a student at ____________________, and I am writing to ask permission to use
___________________________________________________________________
(a quote or picture or music or video clip--be specific about exactly what piece of copyright material
you are asking for) in my Web project. This project is a school assignment for my _____________class.
I expect the project to be posted on our school's Web site on _____________________________(date).
Thank you for considering my request. If you agree, I will properly cite the source on my Web page.
Please let me know if you'd like me to follow any special instructions for acknowledging this material.
Please sign or respond below and return or email this form to me.
Sincerely,
Your name
School
School Address
http://www,springfield.k12.pa.us
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Permission granted (signature, if regular mail)_____________________________________
Full name_____________________________________________
Title_________________________________________________
Date___________
Conditions/Instructions (if any)______________________________________
