Copyright Guidelines for Schools:

Copyright protects the right of the creator of a work from unauthorized copying. In other words, if you develop a Web page or write a poem, or a book, or a piece of music, no one can reproduce it or sell it without your permission. The intent of copyright is to advance the progress of knowledge by giving an author of a work an economic incentive to create new works.

Before you get started on all these, take this fun Copyright tutorial called "Copyright Bay" which should help you learn about it:

Copyright is an important issue that has many parts, a good place to start looking at this information is Copyright Sources for Schools from OSLIS. It provides information on the following subjects:

•Fair Use • Limitations to Fair Use • Digital Millennium Copyright Act • Library Copying • Infringement

Copyright issues deal with audio, video, images, and text whether in print, digital or electronic. The availability of sources on the WWW makes it easy for us to copy and use images, text, video and other graphics that are likely to be protected by copyright. A document may be copyrighted even if it does not explicitly state that it is copyrighted. It is always a good idea to assume materials such as documents, images, or video clips are copyrighted. We can avoid copyright violations and legally use copyrighted materials if we understand and comply with the fair use guidelines. Remember also that you always have the option to ask for permission from the copyright holder.

 

 

Please send comments or questions to the 4J Web Team.
Eugene School District 4J
200 North Monroe Street, Eugene, Oregon 97402
Phone: 541.687.3123 [TTD 541.687.3447]

Last modified: October, 2003 by Steinke, Ague, Feuerhelm, Maxwell, and Warburg