Copyright in the Online Classroom

 

Maria Aghazarian

Andrea Baruzzi

Nabil Kashyap

Randall Munroe, http://bit.ly/xkcd-14 

Objectives

+ Frame copyright issues in a              useful way

+ Answer your questions

+ Provide a few resources

+ What is copyright & fair use?

+ Examples from Spring 2020

+ Q & A

What we'll cover

What is copyright?

 

Exclusive

Fixed

Original

Limited

 

The exclusive right to...

  • Reproduce
    Ex: Scanning book chapters to share with students

  • Prepare Derivative Works
    Ex: Assigning students to translate poetry

  • Distribute
    Ex: Emailing your students a PDF of an article to read

  • Display Publicly
    Ex: Creating a digital exhibit that features pictures your students found online

  • Perform Publicly
    Ex: Live screening a film for your class over Facebook through the department's page

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What is Fair Use?

  • Flexible

  • Legal defense

  • No fees

Maria Aghazarian

Fair use considers...

Image source: Wiley, http://bit.ly/fairusechart

Fair use is not...

not

  • Absolute

  • % of a work

  • Black and white

Image source: Instagram, screenshot by Maria Aghazarian

Considerations...

  • Existing licensed rights

    • Library-licensed

    • Creative Commons

  • Fair use

  • Public domain alternatives

  • Permission

May I share articles & chapters with students in my course?

Sharing PDFs

Best practices towards fair use

  • Include citation and copyright information

  • Use only the amount necessary for the pedagogical purpose

  • Limit access to the students in your course

Options to consider...

Linking directly to library-licensed content

Options to consider...

Linking directly to library-licensed content

Options to consider...

Linking directly to library-licensed content

Options to consider...

Linking directly to library-licensed content

Bonus!!

  • Content is often more accessible than PDFs - you don't have to worry about remediating those old scans
  • Provides the library with valuable use information

Options to consider...

Linking directly to open-licensed content

Options to consider...

Linking directly to open-licensed content

  • Works with a Creative Commons license or other alternative to traditional copyright
    • open access works
    • open educational resources (oer)
  • Preprints or Postprints available from an institutional or disciplinary repository

Also... works in the public domain!

Options to consider...

Linking directly to open-licensed content

Options to consider...

Linking directly to open-licensed content

What about my own work?

I wrote it, can I share it?

What does your contract say?

Requests for course materials

March 12 - May 31

  • 712 individual requests
  • Research, course reserves, honors exams, personal use

June 1 - Now

  • 293+ individual requests

7 staff members triaging requests

7 staff members

~$22,500 spent (5-6% of our book budget)

(5-6% of our book budget)

A number of platforms...

"[The Internet Archive] is using a global crisis to advance a copyright ideology that violates current federal law and hurts most authors."

"There is no new, unfulfilled need for students to have free books due to the coronavirus. Students are indeed facing major challenges during this period, but access to books is not one of them."

A range in simultaneous users...

1

3

Unlimited

A range in use restrictions...

Copyright & Pedagogy

academic integrity

media literacy

intellectual property

Citational practices

"Nayenezgani," Edward Curtis, 1904

Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3a36545/

Native American Witchcraft (student blog) http://sites.psu.edu/nativewriters

Licensing limits

Emerging use cases

Student work

How do these issues impact your course?

Questions?

thank you !

Copyright in the Online Classroom

By Swarthmore Reference

Copyright in the Online Classroom

2020-07-27 Library Workshop

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