Copyright and the Web
Scott Schaeffer, UVM Libraries

Know
Want to Know
Learned
- you're OK if you are connecting to a site - link is OK
- ignorance is bliss?
- can't just copy from a book - so I assume same principles apply to web
 - what can you "get away with" in terms of copying images "traceability"
- how much does this really matter
- does limiting access to students make a difference
- is it true about "one time educational use"
- how do we define one-time?
- what are legal and ethical implications of using kids' faces in electronic portfolios
- what's the 10% rule in video/audio?
- what rules apply to scanning and displaying images from/to the web (Gary Larson thing)
- is teaching considered a "public performance"
- what have we failed to ask
- who can we ask when we have questions
- if a publisher puts a text online can we ask students to just use it online instead of buying it
- if we put our research on the web does it become public property?
 summary:
- one or two things we know for sure
- most things are grey areas
- everything else/ it depends!

Scott speaks (Hope filters):
hand-outs:
http://bailey.uvm.edu/ref/sschaffer/copyteachtech.html
http://bailey.uvm.edu/ref/sschaffer/copydodont.html
Because it's available on the web then it must not be copyrighted, right?
Wrong!

Ignorance is not OK!

So how many students/faculty are actually nailed for copyright infringement?

Let's talk about Fair Use (see copyteachtech.html above)

Advice:
- use links instead of copying whenever possible
- avoid frames because they make navigation/linking problematic
- utilize passwords for access to your site
-recognize the difference between "the classroom" (limited access - do what you want) and the web/online (be careful - see the TEACH Act )
- TEACH Act sets up some requirements for this use
- Multimedia Guidelines : things people have agreed to for specific projects limited to other students in the class or faculty teaching it
- while acknowledging the creator is good, legally that is of no particular benefit
- get permission as soon as possible in stage of project
- traceability: large organizations not only will probably pursue it, they actually have staff to seek out misuse
- our own stuff: as soon as you publish something on the web it is copyrighted whether you put the copyright staement/symbol on it or not
- you should notify people of your intentions regarding their use of material you put on the web (ex: you can say "use this for educational purposes only" or "link to this but don't copy it" or "copy freely" etc.)
- define copyright: an individual has copyright on any creative and tangible (notes yes, talk no, recording of talk yes) work that they have done
- the University will not necessarily protect you from copyright infringement, though they may try if it is in their interest