BeckerCopyright.com » Music http://beckercopyright.com Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:46:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Using Music In Student Created PowerPoint™ Presentations http://beckercopyright.com/2010/04/19/using-music-in-student-created-powerpoint%e2%84%a2-presentations/ http://beckercopyright.com/2010/04/19/using-music-in-student-created-powerpoint%e2%84%a2-presentations/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:59:20 +0000 admin http://beckercopyright.com/?p=158 Q.  What are the rules regarding the use of music in student created, PowerPoint ™ presentations?

A.  The Educational MultiMedia Guidelines (see http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/ccmcguid.htm)  provide an interpretation of Fair Use as to the limits for using various forms of media in a multimedia presentation, such as Powerpoint™.  However, it should be noted that the guidelines were negotiated between copyright owners and educators and the compromise wording sets a conservative floor for what may be done, but not what may possibly be legally done when applying the four criteria of Fair Use.

In other words, there may be instances when more than what is stated in the Guidelines may be used, especially if the student presentations are being made for a class in media literacy or a teacher is teaching using the techniques of media literacy, rather than the traditional use of media.  Please reference the “Code of Best Practices in Fair Use in Media Literacy Education” which can be found at:
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/code_for_media_literacy_education/

Make sure to read all the introductory material, and not just the five principles, in order to understand the limits and conditions regarding what is being stated.

]]> http://beckercopyright.com/2010/04/19/using-music-in-student-created-powerpoint%e2%84%a2-presentations/feed/ 0 Playing Songs From IPod in Auditorium http://beckercopyright.com/2010/01/20/playing-songs-from-ipod-in-auditorium/ http://beckercopyright.com/2010/01/20/playing-songs-from-ipod-in-auditorium/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:00:34 +0000 admin http://beckercopyright.com/?p=112 Q. Groups in our school have a need to play songs for events such as the Variety Show, Prom Style Show, etc. I recently found out that they are using a personal IPOD and hooking it through the sound system. The songs have been purchased through the Apple download site for 79 or 99 cents. I would like to know if my thinking on this problem is correct: Songs downloaded are for personal use. There are no public performance rights attached. Playing them through the auditorium system to a crowd who has paid for tickets would be a potential infringement of the copyright law. Are my assumptions correct?

A. Your assumptions are correct.

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