Guidelines for Power Point / Pictures / Movie Clips / Audio Clips / Definitions
Think about who owns the information before you use it.
When creating a Power Point or any other Multimedia presentation: Include the following two slides in your Power Point presentations if using any copyrighted images, video clips
or audio clips:1. Your Title Slide needs to have the following disclaimer:
Certain materials in this presentation are included in the Fair Use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law
"FAIR USE" GUIDELINES DO NOT APPLY TO SCHOOL WEB PAGES
2. Your last slide is your bibliography. It lists all the works cited in your presentation. In addition to sources where you found text information, you should list any places where you found images, sound clips and audio clips.
When using pictures: On the Internet you will find a mix of clip art (pictures that are available for you to use as you’d like), and pictures that are copyrighted, or owned by someone else. If it isn’t labeled, assume that someone else owns the picture and follow these guidelines:
Only 5 images can be taken from one source (copied from web page or scanned from a book.
Cite where you found the pictures in your bibliographyImages in the Microsoft Clip Art Gallery are always OK to use for school work.
An excellent place to get copyright-free / royalty-free images is pics4learning.com. They only ask to be included in your bibliography -- and they create the bibliography for each picture for you to just cut and paste!
When using movie clips: Movie clips that you find on the Internet, tape from TV, check out from a library or have in your personal collection are copyrighted, or owned by someone else. Free sites will be labeled. If the movie isn't labeled, assume that someone else owns the rights to that movie and follow these guidelines:
10% or a maximum of 30 seconds of a video can be included in your presentation
Cite where you found the videos in your bibliography!
When using audio clips: Audio clips refer to music and sounds. Some of these are available for free. Free sites will be labeled. If a site it isn’t labeled, assume that someone else owns the rights to the particular music or sound and follow these guidelines: 10% or a maximum of 30 seconds can be included in your presentation
Cite where you found the audio clips in your presentation
Go to CDNOW.COM to download
30 second sound clips of
popular music.
Definitions
Copyright: Copyright is a protection provided by U.S. law to protect the rights of people who create original works.Public Domain: Any work labeled as Public Domain is available for anyone to use. Government documents and clip art are considered in the Public Domain.
Fair Use: When using copyrighted materials for your school assignment you are able to use video, audio, text and images that would otherwise be OFF LIMITS. Your ability to use copyrighted materials for school-work is considered Fair Use. The U.S. courts use the following criteria to determine Fair Use:
1) Purpose and character of the use
2) Nature of the copyrighted work
3) Percentage of copyrighted work used
4) Effect of use upon the potential markets
Information on this page is taken from Copyright: A Guide to Information and Resources, by Gary H. Becker.