In general, the LMS I was talking with was incorrect...there is no 15 =
minute limit. The "teaching" exemption to showing videos is basically =
that it's OK if there is face-to-face instruction & the video is in the =
lesson plans.
Here are the responses I received (thanks to all):
Videos without public performance rights cannot be shown in a classroom =
unless they are written into the lesson plan, and are part of the =
teaching subject. Off air taping of programs (not cable channels) can =
be shown once for teaching, once for re-teaching in the first 10 days, =
then previewed by teachers for the purpose of possible purchase. There =
is no 15 minute limit. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Often you can show a video, if you are in a direct face-to-face teaching =
situation and it is part of a lesson plan. However, there are different =
rules depending on what type of program it is, where you got it, etc. If =
you become familiar with the Fair Use Guidelines for Multimedia you'll =
be a great resource for your school. (For example, a commercial video =
which you rented will have different limitations than a program you =
taped from your PBS station.) Contact your local PBS station and ask if =
they have a school
services division, which often broadcast instructional video which can =
be shown in their entirety as many times as you like.
PBS has quite a bit of information on this Web site:
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/copyright/copyright.shtm
We have links to several sites where you can see the Fair Use =
Guidelines, as well as some policies from other schools:
http://www.ecb.org/surf/copy.htm
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Yes, I do (purchase movie copyright license). One of our high schools =
has purchased a license. It runs about $275-325 I think. It covers a =
long list of videos. I don't have the info, I will need to get from =
them. We are considering doing this for our school next year as well. =
It is a CYA move. (cover your ****) =20
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There is =3DNO=3D 15 minute rule, period. In fact, a qualifying video =
can be shown in its entirety, though pedagogically such may not be a =
good idea. As long as the video meets the 5 tests of AV fair use, you =
may use whatever portions of the video you wish in class without =
permission. See any standard copyright reference (e.g. my Copyright for =
Schools book) for the 5 tests.
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There are some great resources for this question, and of course any =
bibliography that I could send you is at school and I am at home. =
However, here in Florida and in Iowa too, we use these guidelines. =
First, it must be face to face instruction and you must be able to tie =
it to the curriculum or standards that is being taught for you to use =
any video, any length. If you are using a video for reward only, you =
must have obtained the rights to show it to a group. This is a very =
simplistic answer to an issue that people who study copyright for years =
still don't know. =20
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Showing a video in the classroom that is part of an official lesson plan =
is fine. showing it for reward or entertainment is not unless you =
purchase it with "public performance rights," or have a license from =
Motion Picture License Corp. or a similar agency.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
(The 15 minute limit is.) Not true at all. Don't know where she got such =
an idea. Videos with copyright notices that claim for home use only, =
etc., can be shown in their entirety if in a classroom setting and used =
for direct instruction
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Each district should have a policy/procedure in place. My old district =
said if you included a blurb on the po that stated "with the sale of =
this video you agree it may be shown on an in house broadcast system". =
They figured if the company sold it that way they were liable. My new =
district purchases a copyright protection from a company and teachers =
fill out a form if they are
showing something not owned by the media center/school. National policy =
on copyright/fair use states you may show videos in their entirity if =
they are reflected in curriculum and are in your lesson plans as such in =
face to face instruction.
Gary Becker has written many articles on this and is a helpful resource. =
See
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/library/faq.html
http://www.fetc.org/fetcon/0200/copyright.html
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Here's the site for National copyright law. happy searching.
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html
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And from a previous HIT:
My thanks to all who responded to my request for elementary-friendly =
copyright sites. You provided me with some excellent ones to use. I =
appreciate the time you took to send these in. LM_NET has done it =
again.
http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/TCEA/brightideasportal.html
http://groton.k12.ct.us/mts/egtoc.htm
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copyright.html
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
http://www.cyberbee.com/copyrpln.pdf
http://www.bsu.edu/library/thelibraries/units/copyright/
http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JHS/Gustafson/Library.cfm
http://www.copyrightkids.org/
http://richmond.k12.va.us/schools/jones/Copyright-Kids/
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001570/
http://jeffconet.jeffco.k12.co.us/plmc/copyright.html
http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
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