Posted by Bonnie Viner on Oct 28, 2015; 2:40pm
URL: https://nabble.aealearningonline.org/POST-4-Copyright-tp535p545.html

Honestly, copyright laws have always been confusing and hard to understand.  The TEACH act passed in 2002 has made things much easier to use in the classroom. This allows the transmission of copyrighted material and the use of materials only shared with students.
 I learned that the most important step is to password protect to restrict access.  I plan to learn more about Moodle- the learning management system.
It is also important to give general copyright warning information to my students and as a teacher I must "reasonably" prevent students from being able to save or print copyrighted works.  As a teacher it is important to model how to use copyrighted materials in the correct way and avoid plagiarism.
Learning about the Fair Use /Copyright Act that allows teachers to make copies for students and the essential factors was very helpful:1. the purpose and charactaer of the use, 2. nature of copyrighted work(published or not, factual or creative) 3. amount of the portion used and 4.  the effect of use upon the potential market. I think the 10 percent rule is a easy and good guideline to follow.
 Students should also be made aware of Public Domain guidelines  which include any item that does not have copyright protection, any item made prior to 1923 and that copyright protection only extends to people 70 years past their death.