Tips on copyright confusion

Copyright can be confusing in today’s world where students need to create multimedia projects transforming works of others. Hopefully some of the following sites will help clear up some of the shadow areas.

About Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/about/


Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright — all rights reserved — and the public domain — no rights reserved. Our licenses help you keep your copyright while inviting certain uses of your work — a “some rights reserved” copyright.

For a quick intro to Creative Commons, check out this short video, entitled "Wanna Work Together?"
http://support.creativecommons.org/videos#wwt
The Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License means
You are free:
* to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
* to Remix — to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
* Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
* For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. The best way to do this is with a link to this web page.
* Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.
* Nothing in this license impairs or restricts the author's moral rights.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

A link to a video that effectively uses comics to explain copyright:
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Howitworks_Comic1

The Center for Internet Safety @ Stanford Law School uses
Disney characters explain copyright.
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/documentary-film-program/film/a-fair-y-use-tale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo

Copyright for Document filmmakers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo



A Positive Solution to School Copyright Issues presented at PETE&C Concurrent Session by Dr. Scott Garrigan can be found on J. Dorman site.
http://cliotech.blogspot.com/2008/02/positive-solution-to-school-copyright.html

Using CC search with Firefox
For a quick explanation of how to use this search with Firefox, including how to change your search engine, watch this video.
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Firefox_and_CC_Search

The Connected Classroom (Blog) by Kristin Hokanson posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
“A Lesson on Reflection: MORE Copyright Confusion...”
http://khokanson.blogspot.com/

Temple University: Media Educational Lab presents:
The Cost of Copyright confusion. http://www.mediaeducationlab.com/pdf/The%20Cost%20of%20Copyright%20Confusion%20%282%29.pdf


Video http://www.mediaeducationlab.com/index.php?page=258