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[teacherartexchange] Cpoyright Issue... Again
From: Richard Gross (ralight_at_TeacherArtExchange)
The issue of copyright always seems to come up in this venue. It’s an issue that needs to be addressed and define. Within the parameters of art education it comes up quite often and with good reason.
Section 107 of the Copy Right Act discusses the limitations of copyright. The fair use doctrine is not a part of the Copy Right Act, but a series of court cases that make it up.
On a personal basis, I teach HS photography. Part of my curriculum is what I call “Photographer of the Week”. This is an art history lecture that’s about 20 slides long in a Power Point Presentation and takes about 15 minutes of class time. There are info slides on the photographers’ personal and professional life’s history, and then I show a dozen or so examples of their work.
Copyright infringement is not an issue here because I am using those images for teaching purposes. I do not distribute, sell or profit from these slide shows. Therefore, the“fair use” doctrine is applicable to this situation. If I were to sell and profit from these slide shows, then that would be a different story.
There is a wealth of information and “fair use” on the net. All you have to do is an advanced search for copyright, then “fair use”.
What it comes down to, is there is no pat answer for us. We each have to make a determination as to what fair use in our individual situation.
But…
I have never heard of an art teacher being sued because of copyright infringement where a piece of artwork used in the classroom
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