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Copyright Tidbit from the Library - Copyrighted Materials Notice in Presentations
Dec 3, 2013 9:51 AM
By Liz Overberg - FF/S
Today's copyright tidbit is a condition of Fair Use, which is the doctrine that allows teachers and students to sometimes use copyrighted materials for educational purposes.
According to the Fair Use guidelines, if you create an educational presentation that includes copyrighted materials (music, pictures, video, or text), whether it's for a class or for some type of conference, you must include a notice about copyright at the beginning of the presentation.
Here is an example of a notice that would meet the requirements:
NOTICE: The following presentation contains copyrighted materials used under the Multimedia Guidelines and Fair Use Exemptions of U.S. copyright law. Further use is prohibited.*
Students must also include such a notice in their own presentations. Here is an example of a notice that might be more understandable for young students to use at the beginning of their presentations:
NOTICE: I borrowed other people's stuff to create my project. I followed the rules. Please don't copy my project.*
