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...
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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?
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Flexible
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Legal defense
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No fees
Maria Aghazarian
Fair use considers...
Image source: Wiley, http://bit.ly/fairusechart
Fair use is not...
not
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Absolute
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% of a work
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Black and white
Image source: Instagram, screenshot by Maria Aghazarian
Considerations...
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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
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Include citation and copyright information
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Use only the amount necessary for the pedagogical purpose
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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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