Unit 5 - Copyright Protection

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An author work is under copyright protection from the moment it is created. Some people send a copy of their own work to themselves in hopes to legally protect it. This is not a substitute for registering the work with the United States Copyright Registration. Once an author pays the fee to have their work protected they are able to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work to those using their work without permission. Their work is also protected with most countries throughout the world because of the United States copyright relations with them.

According to Copyright law, it gives creators of media the exclusive rights to copy, distribute, and mash up the things they create for a limited time. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

Public domain are facts – whether scientific, historical, biographical or news of the day that copyright does not protect. Anyone is free to use the information included in a book about how pregnancy works or a television documentary about the life of Malcolm X provided they express the information in their own words.

Copyright law permits the use of any type of work for the purpose of illustration for instruction. The exceptions only apply under the condition; the purpose of the use is non-commercial, sufficient acknowledgment of authorship of the work and use of the material is FAIR.

Consumers have the option to pay a fee to get permission to use an author work.

Each local museum website color palette used neutral colors with a splash of earth tones. Information was neatly organized and easy to navigate. There are few photos of the interior of the museum or its collection.  I assume they want to limit circulation of its collection on the web.  

Comments

  1. Professor Charles EvansJune 13, 2018 at 4:38 AM

    You should have a cite for your use of that image.
    You actually do not have to do anything, once you've created something, it is copyrighted. Registration is no longer necessary. 'Copyright law permits the use of any type of work for the purpose of illustration for instruction" -- that is not quite accurate. In the physical classroom, it works.

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  2. UnknownJune 26, 2018 at 7:27 PM

    Under Copyright.gov this information is accurate. https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#mywork

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