4. Copyright Part I: Five Principles of Copyright When Planning to Share | Prese
4. Copyright Part I: Five Principles of Copyright When Planning to Share | Presentation
Anita R. Walz
Copyright is often perceived as an overwhelmingly complex or litigious topic. However, it does not need to be necessarily so. Academics and teachers with access to accurate information, especially when applied to particular contexts, can understand and feel comfortable implementing best practices for their and others’ materials.
The presentation and script “In Service of Others: Honoring Others’ Copyrights — and Making Your Work Useful (to others)” provides a two-part overview of copyright and open-licensing concepts and applications. Part I covers the basics of U.S. Copyright. These presentations are not legal advice nor intended to be exhaustive; rather, they are relevant to what academics and teachers need to know. Part I is about using others’ original works, and Part II is about creating and sharing works (in particular, sharing using open licenses) so that others have the flexibility to use the resources in ways that meet their specific needs or audiences.
One example is the author’s own adaptation of the slides and concepts for a different audience as shared at http://hdl.handle.net/10919/112575[1].
Learning Objectives
Learners should be able to:
- Articulate copyright-related barriers in teaching, learning, and sharing.
- Describe what can be under copyright, how it gets there, who is a copyright holder, and how long copyright lasts in a U.S. context.
- Articulate and apply the default position of copyright regarding “ownership,” refuting common myths about student work and online materials. Namely, that everything is created by someone—unless it has entered the Public Domain or is still owned by someone (e.g., instructors are not automatically free to use student work or things they find “free online”).
Assignment
- Read through the presentation and transcript for Part I (this section) and Part II (the next section).
- Document any questions including where the content is confusing.
- Reflect on what in the presentation is helpful. How could you shape it to make it more helpful?
- In two or fewer pages, reflect on what you would need to do to be able to be able to deliver some or all of this presentation.
In Service of Others: Honoring Others’ Copyrights — and Making Your Work Useful to others (Part I)
Google Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xOhDGYZO6FIxwoZqQN5T_2W9yhFeZI-TRbEVzg8FCK0/edit?usp=sharing
PowerPoint Slides: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/112264
Slide Deck Transcript
Introduction
Suppose you own a bicycle, or other very useful, mainstream item which is common for your audience to own (e.g., a snow shovel, public transit pass, physics textbook, gaming console, etc.).
[interactive activity] Please raise your hand if you own a bicycle. [Hawa raises hand.] Ok, great. [ok to put hands down but ask students for their names.] If Javier wants to borrow Hawa’s bicycle, can he? [discussion] No, he needs to ask. And if Hawa