Documenting Fair Use Arguments - In Class and Online
Patrick Newell
pnewell@csufresno.edu
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
9:00 AM- 12:00
PM
repeated
Thursday, September 19
1:00 -
4:00 PM
UC 202
Center for Enhancement of Teaching and
Learning
Madden Library
California State University,
Fresno
Although doctoral programs prepare people to be researchers and teachers, they rarely include information about how Copyright and Fair Use apply in the classroom. Since computers have given users unprecedented ability to collect, reformat, and share documents and files, understanding how Copyright works with paper-based and electronic documents (including digitized paper documents and multimedia) has grown in importance for instructors (particularly faculty who teach online). This three-hour workshop will begin with a brief review of the Copyright Act and the parts of a Fair Use argument and will continue with a review of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the TEACH Act, and what faculty, staff , and administrators will need to know about how all of these apply on campus and in online learning environments. By the end of this hands-on workshop, attendees will have the tools to be able to explain how the four factors test should be interpreted when making a Fair Use decision, be able to document a Fair Use argument for using documents or media in classes, will be able to explain how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act affects copyright decisions and use of media, and will be able to document compliance with the TEACH Act for instruction in online environments.