Media Copyright Concerns
Media Copyright Concerns
Music: (For integration into multimedia or video projects)
Included in this category are records, cassette tapes, CDs, and audio clips on the
Web. It is a violation of copyright laws to use any music, stock video, film and photographs,
physical likeness or art work in a student or professional productions without the
written permission of the copyright owner/and or performers. Industry standard clearance
forms are available in production classes at UVU. Copyright cleared production music
is available for UVU Digital Media students use and is housed on a Digital Media server.
Faculty can help students gain access to production music libraries.
Under fair use guidelines, teachers and students may reproduce, perform, and display
as part of a multimedia program produced by an educator or students d up to 10 percent
of a copyrighted musical composition. Specifically, a maximum of 30 seconds per musical
composition may be used. Also, the multimedia program must have an educational purpose.
Video: (For integration into multimedia or video projects)
Included in this category are videotapes, DVDs, laserdiscs, multimedia encyclopedias,
QuickTime Movies, video clips from the Internet. Students “may use portions of lawfully
acquired copyright works in their academic multimedia,” which is defined as 10percent
or 3 minutes (whichever is less) of “motion media.” The material must be legally acquired
(purchased or home recorded). All copyrighted works included in multimedia projects
must give credit to the copyright holder.
Video: (for viewing)
Included in this category are videotapes (purchased or rented), DVDs, and laserdiscs.
Teachers may use these materials in the classroom under fair use guidelines. Copies
may be made for archival purposes or to replace lost, damaged, or stolen copies. However,
the material must be legally acquired, used in a classroom or nonprofit environment
“dedicated to face-to-face instruction,” and be instructional (not for entertainment
or reward). Copies may be made only if replacements are unavailable at a fair price
or in a viable format.
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