COPYRIGHT ASSESSMENT Mark the following scenarios as “True” “False” or “Depends” 1. Even if a photo or text passage is not stated as copyrighted on a website, it is afforded the same rights as one that is identified as copyrighted. True—everything is copyrighted at moment of creation 2. Creative Commons allows creators to set the limits of how their creation can be used by others. True 3. Copyright is taught as part of the Standard Course of Study. True 4. Parent volunteers can read a book onto a tape or CD to use with students who have learning disabilities as cited in the student’s IEP. Depends—you should get permission from publishers to do this. Only students with certified blindness and dyslexic disabilities qualify for this strategy. 5. Students can use an entire song as background for a video or multimedia project. Depends--Students have greater leeway than teachers, but should be taught to use only small portions of copyrighted songs in projects—only enough needed for the creative purpose of the project. 6. Permission for use from the owners of copyrighted materials is difficult to attain. False—permission is easy to get—e-mail webmasters or copyright links on publishers’ pages or e-mail “About Us” on certain webpages. Getting permission to music is more difficult than print or websites. 7. Videos owned by the school can be shown during a PTA meeting to “babysit” children while the parents meet in the classrooms. Depends if the school has a Movie Licensing agreement to show videos during non-instructional times—if this license is not purchased, schools may not show videos for entertainment, babysitting, or reward—the usual answer to this question is “False.” 8. A teacher who purchased a video from Wal-Mart and has the receipt as proof of purchase may show the video in his classes. Depends if he is using it directly in a face to face lesson and it directly addresses a SC OS objective—in WSFCS, you must also have permission from Principal to use an outside video AND it must follow rating guidelines. Most commercial videos are designed to be entertainment—not instructional. 9. As long as you do not sell copies, you may burn copies of the latest Faith Hill CD. False—you may not duplicate complete CD’s. You can put some songs on your Ipod or make a CD of favorites from several CD’s, but you cannot make copies of those or give any originals or copies to anyone. 10. A fifth grade teacher can show a PG video in her classroom as part of a novel study as long as parent permission is obtained. False—school board policy prevents a PG video from being used in an elementary classroom. 11. A teacher finds a “perfect” picture on a website that she copies and posts on her teacher website as a writing prompt for her students. Depends—teacher needs to check copyright license on that picture and then balance it against fair use factors. 12. A teacher loves playing music CD’s in his classroom to help behavior and to set the mood. Can he do this? Yes—as long as the music is a legal copy.