Intellectual+Property+and+Copyright

** The knowledge and application of copyright laws (and intellectual property) are essential to the responsible use of technology by all members of the Newington Public School community. This directly correlates to three of the // Hallmarks of Effective Teaching: // **   ** What is needed? **
 * 1) Students employ 21 st century skills: critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, communication, innovation, creativity, and person responsibility
 * 2) Students are independent learners and thinkers who are responsible and accountable for their learning
 * 3) Students are continually learning in safe and supportive environments
 *  A basic overview of intellectual property (copyright/plagiarism)
 *  Understanding of the educational aspects of copyright laws and intellectual property rights
 *  Introduction to // Creative Commons // alternatives

** Who? ** The entire educational community: administrators, teachers, students

** Why? **  ** How? **
 * To be able to practice, model, and teach responsible use of information to students (ethical behavior)
 * To be able to legally comply with copyright laws and their application to education
 *  Easy-to-understand, readily available guidelines posted in accessible locations (tool box?)
 *  Professional development
 *  Implementation of copyright laws and intellectual property rights

** Additional requirements ** for successful compliance with copyright laws and recognition of intellectual property rights:
 *  Updated AUP policy
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Compliance Policy
 * Professional development for teachers (including guidelines for teacher web pages)

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">** Definitions: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**Intellectual property:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Intangible rights protecting the products of human intelligence and creation, such as copyrightable works, patented inventions, Trademarks, and trade secrets. Although largely governed by federal law, state law also governs some aspects of intellectual property. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Intellectual property describes a wide variety of property created by musicians, authors, artists, and inventors. The law of intellectual property typically encompasses the areas of Copyright, Patents, and trademark law. It is intended largely to encourage the development of art, science, and information by granting certain property rights to all artists, which include inventors in the arts and the sciences. These rights allow artists to protect themselves from infringement, or the unauthorized use and misuse of their creations. Trademarks and service marks protect distinguishing features (such as names or package designs) that are associated with particular products or services and that indicate commercial source. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">// From the Free Dictionary: //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; vertical-align: auto;">__[]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; vertical-align: auto;">**Copyright:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Copyright refers to laws that regulate the use of the work of a creator, such as an artist or author. This includes copying, distributing, altering and displaying creative, literary and other types of work. Unless otherwise stated in a contract, the author or creator of a work retains the copyright. For a copyright to apply to a work, it must be an original idea that is put to use. The idea alone cannot be protected by copyright. It is the physical use of that idea, such as an illustration or a written novel, that is covered under copyright law. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">// From About.com: //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; vertical-align: auto;">__[]__

**RESOURCES** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Overview **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; vertical-align: auto;">__Cost of Copyright Confusion __ || Youtube video aimed at educators ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; vertical-align: auto;">__Copyright (Fair Use) & Access to Information__ || Issues in School Libraries: Slideshare presentation. Overview. Focus directed to school librarians, including some good definitions and overview of problem ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; vertical-align: auto;">__Piracy Rap video__ || For students - entertaining and informative video on illegal copying from the Software Industry & Information Assoc. (SIIA) ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Teacher resources **
 * K-12 Copyright Laws: Primer for Teachers || **Excellent resource** from Educational Cyber Playground - Teacher's Channel (Included permission for usage). Frequently updated. ||
 * Your Copyright Fair Use Crash Course || Copyright Qs & As for everyday ||
 * Your Copyright Fair Use Crash Course || Copyright Qs & As for everyday ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Creative Commons **
 * A Shared Culture || an explanation of Creative Commons using work done under a CC license ||
 * What is Creative Commons? || Short video that explains what the Creative Commons license is all about ||
 * Copyright and Creative Commons || Slideshare overview of copyright issues and how Creative Commons works. ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Professional Development ** NOTE: Includes excellent examples of how to evaluate whether or not to "take" resources ||
 * Copyright and Primary Sources || Professional development module for teachers from the Library of Congress -- Excellent guidelines with an emphasis on primary sources.
 * Copyright for Teachers and School Librarians || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">A series of video clips designed to answer copyright questions by educators – done by North Carolina educator John Brim. “The site was developed by Adventure of the American Mind for use in professional development workshops with teachers, school librarians and other media technology professionals to enhance their learning about copyright.” ||

__**Infringement Examples**__
found by Betsy || <span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 24px; margin: 0in 6pt 0pt 7.5pt;">Enforcing Copyrights Online, for a Profit <span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.6pt; margin: 0in 6pt 0pt 7.5pt;">DENVER — When Brian Hill, a 20-year-old blogger from North Carolina, posted on his Web site last December a photograph of an airport security officer conducting a pat-down, a legal battle was the last thing he imagined. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.6pt; margin: 0in 6pt 12pt 7.5pt;">A month later, Mr. Hill received an e-mail from a reporter for The Las Vegas Sun who was looking into a Nevada company that files copyright lawsuits for newspapers. The e-mail informed Mr. Hill that he was one of those that [|the company, Righthaven, was suing]. Though the airport photo had gone viral before Mr. Hill plucked it off the Web, it belonged to The Denver Post, where it first appeared on Nov. 18. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.6pt; margin: 0in 6pt 12pt 7.5pt;">Mr. Hill took down the photo. He was too late. A summons was delivered to his house. The lawsuit sought statutory damages. It did not name a figure, but accused Mr. Hill of “willful” infringement, and under federal copyright law up to $150,000 can be awarded in such cases. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.6pt; margin: 0in 6pt 0pt 7.5pt;">“I was shocked,” Mr. Hill said. “I thought maybe it was a joke or something to scare me. I didn’t know the picture was copyrighted.” … ||
 * New York Times