Copyright: Fair Use Guidelines

In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include:

 

(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;

(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and

(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

 

 

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Copyright Quiz - Questions and Answers (open pdf file below):

Copyright Quiz in CPS.pdf

Copyright Sharepoint

Copyright and FairUse Guidelines for Teachers

CopyRIGHT

Benedict.com 

NPR - Stephen Ambrose

Database Resources for Copyright Friendly pictures, video & sound

These images and multimedia are acceptable for use in student projects provided the projects do not get posted on the Internet.

Gale Student Research Center

• Choose below the "Basic Search" box to  limit search to multimedia

Worldbook Online

• From the main search page, click next to "media" to limit search to graphics, video and sound.

Copyright Friendly graphics and multimedia on the Internet

How to search Google for copyright friendly multimedia.

New! Photos for Class

Joyce Valenza's Copyright Free Multimedia Links:  This library guru has done her homework!

http://pics4learning.com/

http://openclipart.org/

http://photoeverywhere.co.uk/

Primary Sources:  You will need to verify copyright permissions per image, video or recording. 

Digital Library of Georgia

 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/?Welcome

First person narratives of the American South

 http://docsouth.unc.edu/

Maine Memory Network

http://www.mainememory.net/

European digital repository(similar to LOC American memories)

http://europeana.eu/portal/

Civil Rights Digital Library

http://crdl.usg.edu/?Welcome

Opening History

http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/history/

Google Patents

http://www.google.com/patents

American Memory   

Copyright Friendly Sound and Video

Creative Commons Legal Music for Videos

Wes Fryer's recommended sites for copyright friendly music

Sources of Openly Licensed Music and Sounds

New! Jamendo

1. Podsafe Music Network

2. CCMixter

3. The FreeSoundProject

4. OpSound Music

5. MagnaTune