INTERNET+AND+WEB+PAGES

"Printing pages from the Internet falls under rules similar to those found in the print guidelines.

Virtually all possible rights of a copyright holder are affected by the Internet.

Individual collections of links are called a 'compilation copyright'.

Because e-mail is not published, the protection is much stronger than for typical published materials. The recipient may retain his one copy of the e-mail, but he may not redistribute it, adapt it, or make additional copies of the e-mail without permission.

If chat is logged or archived, each participant would own the rights to his respective contributions

Fall back on the standard four tests when determining whether to use the material taken from the Internet. Remember that access to many of the works on the Internet is through license.

Every person who writes a document published on the Internet, who creates a graphic or icon, who scans his own photograph or records his voice into digital file, who sends an e-mail, who creates a document for a newsgroup, or who designs a Web page owns the copyright to his creative work. Due to the Berne Convention, no notice of copyright is required on any item in order for the item to be protected by copyright law, even if it is from another country

Classroom material retrieved from the Internet must be weighted against the four factors.

Small portions of web documents may be used by teachers in class if there is not sufficient time to secure permission. Watch for Web pages granting permission for use in educational settings." Many do.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">"Teachers may not keep copies or originals of works made by students in which they incorporate materials copied from <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">the Internet.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Showing a Web document to a class constitutes a public performance or display of that page.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Chat contains no copyright if it is not fixed in a tangible medium of expression.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Images marked with the Creative Commons or other copyleft scheme are not copyright free." Know what the requirements <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">are under the particular license.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Collections from social bookmarking sites are copyright protected. " Just make sure your own collection and organization <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">of links is your own creation."

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">Blogs are Web pages and have copyright protection.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">Carol Simpson. //Copyright For Schools, A Practical Guide//, 5th edition. Linworth, 2010.