Copyright and
Educational
Use
The following information originally
appeared
in the Mining the Internet column “Incorporating
Imagery into
Instruction,” by Glen Bull, Gina Bull, Judy Thomas,
and Judy
Jordan, in L&L vol. 27 no. 6, pp. 46–49,
63.
Users
should look for the Web creator’s statement of
permissible
uses before downloading or using images found on the Web.
The statement
of permissible uses usually appears in a conspicuous place
on image
collection sites. If reuse rights are not specifically
granted,
the saf-est route is to write to the Web creator asking
for permission
to use specific files.
Educational
use of even copy-protected images is allowed under some
circumstances,
broadly defined by the “Fair Use” section
(Section 107)
of the U.S. Copyright Law (www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html).
Many Web sites are dedicated to helping educators make
sense of
the morass surrounding the interpretation of fair use and
copyright
in the digital age. One of the most useful to teachers and
scholars
is this site at the University of Texas: www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/copypol2.htm
and www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/ccmcguid.htm.
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