Copyright and fair use
Posted in copyright by S_Delagrange on October 30th, 2007
As you begin to think about your multimedia campaign videos, you will undoubtedly be planning which images - photos, videos, drawings, charts, etc. - you hope to use. One thing that determines whether you can use an image is who “owns” it, who has the rights to its distribution and viewing. Sometimes owners are willing to let you use their work for free as long as you give them credit. But other copyright owners strictly control their media.
To complicate the issue, as students and teachers, we are allowed to use some things under the rubric of “Fair Use,” but it’s not an easy concept to interpret and apply. The following links (to information at the University of Texas at Austin) contain thorough discussions of both copyright and fair use. Please look over the Fair Use section for class on Thursday.
Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials (part of the larger course)
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