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Copyright for Educators

Information about Copyright, Fair Use, & the Teach Act

Videos

A  variety of people and organizations have produced video to help interpret or understand copyright law and fair use in education or to express their viewpoints on the topic.  Links to a selection of those videos can be found on this page.

What about using video in the classroom?

What about using video in the classroom?

ALA Fact Sheet #7 - Video and Copyright

Good resource for explaining acceptable classroom use of videos/DVDs

Using your personal Netflix account in the classroom is NOT recommended, as it may be illegal

Any faculty use of personal Netflix accounts/streaming in the classroom is likely not legal, according to the Albany Law Review. Your personal Netflix account gives you only a limited, personal and nontransferable license, a licensing agreement which supersedes any exceptions in copyright law.

Source: Ezor, J.I. (2013) Streaming while teaching: the legality of using personal streaming video accounts for the classroom. Albany Law Journal, 23, 221-236

 

A Fair(y) Use Tale

 Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University made this creative overview of copyright and fair use. http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/documentary-film-program/film/a-fair-y-use-tale

User Rights, Section 107 Music Video

Music video about copyright and fair use, from the Media Education Lab at Temple University http://mediaeducationlab.com/.

CIS Fair Use Legal Experts Answer Fair Use Questions - Stanford Center for Internet and Society

 Stanford Center for Internet and Society

Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, and Julie Ahrens, Associate Director of the Fair Use Project , answer  questions  about Fair Use

Copyright & Fair Use: Stanford Libraries

Streaming Video BCTC Libraries

The library subscribes to some streaming video and film options.  In most cases, our licensing permissions allow for instructors to include links to these items within their courses for educational purposes, provided access to materials is only made available to students, staff, and faculty of the college.. If you have questions related to our subscriptions, please reach out to our electronic resources librarian, Maureen Cropper.

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