Copyright+Laws

=Copyright Law Basics=

** Purpose of Copyright: **

 * ==== Protection to authors of original works of authorship ====
 * ==== Applies to literacy, dramatic, musical, artistic, and other intellectual works. ====
 * ==== Exclusive rights are limited by exemptions and fair use doctrine ====

Copyright requirements

 * ==== Work must be original ====
 * ==== Author’s independent creation ====
 * ==== Not necessarily brand new ====
 * ==== The work must be fixed in a tangible medium that allows the work to be perceived, reproduced or otherwise communicated for a period of time. ====
 * ==== Copyright does not apply to ideas, procedures, processes, systems, methods of operation, concepts, etc. ====

Mashups and Remixes in Education
==== What is a derivative work? A work based upon one or more preexisting works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgement, condensation, or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed or adapted. ====

Examples:

 * combining two different songs into an original work
 * pre-existing audio over pre-existing video (Trailer from Inception over portion of Toy Story)
 * Website that uses data from multiple sources