Copyright, Fair Use and OER Project by Anastacia Achleitner

What is Copyright?

ana2200123 — 2025-06-16 16:49:46 UTC

Copyright is taking somebody's else's work without their permission to use it. This is a problem because taking someone's else work discredits them and their hard work. An example of copyright is using someone's full song and not crediting them or asking for permission.

What is Fair Use?

ana2200123 — 2025-06-16 17:04:08 UTC

Fair use allows some pieces of other people creations under certain circumstances, and you don't need to ask for permission. However, there is a couple things that need to be considered before using someone else's work. These include Purpose and Character of Use, the Nature of the Copyrighted, the Amount and Sustainability of Portion Used, and Effect of Use on Potential Market. These all need to be considered before.

What is Creative Commons?

ana2200123 — 2025-06-16 18:01:17 UTC

Creative commons makes the asking for permission for copyright use easier and faster. Creative commons helps the creator and the users communicate if they are able to sue their work. It helps the users understand if their work is legal. There are different symbols that have different meanings. The symbol of the money with a line over it means only noncommercial uses are permitted so no one is able to make money off of someone else's work. The equal sign symbol means no one can make changes to the original work. The arrow going in a circle means that someone is able to change your work, but their version needs to be shared under the same license as yours.

What is Attribution

ana2200123 — 2025-06-16 18:16:00 UTC

Attribution is sharing details and giving credit to the creator. You need to include Title of the work, author or creator, source of the image or material, and include which creative commons license it falls under. However not every piece of work needs an attribution. This is because they fall under the Creative Commons zero license.

Why does this matter to someone using and developing learning materials (you!)?

ana2200123 — 2025-06-16 18:25:37 UTC

This matters because the last thing I want is to get copyrighted because I don't understand the rules that go with it. Knwoign the difference between each one ad following each one is important especially when I am still learning about using technology in the classroom.

How will you use this knowledge moving forward in your future career?

ana2200123 — 2025-06-16 18:27:40 UTC

I will use this knowledge in my future career by knowing when and what I am able to use in the classroom and being careful with the pictures and materials I need and making sure I get the permission if needed.