Copyright Scavenger Hunt

Copyright Scavenger Hunt

Topic: Learn about rules for Fair Use of copyrighted materials for educators.Activity: Answer questions related to the topic by completing the scavenger hunt activity.Level of Thinking: Application, Analysis

This scavenger hunt is designed to help you find information about copyright laws. When you have completed the activity, you will have learned some important guidelines for fair use of copyrighted materials as an educator.

Instructions: There are three hunts in this activity, each with questions to answer. Answers to the questions will be found on the correlating website. Hunt through each site and collect the answers. Answers can be written on this worksheet. When you have finished, check the answer key to score your work.

Hunt 1Fair Use Guidelines

Visit University of Texas'Copyright Crash Courseto answer the following questions regarding Fair Use:
1.  Imagine that you are putting together a PowerPoint presentation for a conference that you'll be presenting at. You decide that a particular slide needs background music. Why is it smarter to use Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (1808) than Copland's Rodeo (1942)?
2.  A teacher copies one page from a book for students to read and answer comprehension questions. Is this allowable under Fair Use guidelines?
3.  A teacher copies one page from a book for students to read and use as a writing prompt, telling students to predict what happens next or how the character got to this point in his story. Is this allowable under Fair Use guidelines?
4.  What is a "transformative use" of a copyrighted work?
5.  What percentage of a work is usable for transformative purposes?

Hunt 2Avoiding Copyright Violation When Using Digital Media

Visit Vermont's Internet Safety Project's websiteVTISP.orgto find answers to the following questions regarding Digital Media and Copyright Violation:
1.  Sometimes the owners of intellectual property will give advance permission for particular uses of their work. This type of license is called ______and can be used legally as long as the original creator is given credit.
2.  According to Jon Morris at VTISP.org, "The best way for educators to avoid copyright issues is to have students..." (finish the sentence).
3.  Embedding someone else's video on your own site is illegal, even for educational purposes, but creating a link to that same video as an educational tool is safe. Why does this distinction matter?

Hunt 3Resources to Save Time and Trouble

There are several ways to find content that is available for use without having to worry about Copyright Infringement. Visit Education Renegadeto answer these final questions on Resources to avoid Copyright Infringement:

1.  This site provides links to several Copyright-Free and Royalty-Free websites. Which of these may require the user to credit the source?

2.  Which resource credits itself with having a "Wayback Machine" that can be used to see what web pages looked like way back when?