Educational Technology and Copyright Law

• Copyright laws are made in the books to encourage creation of content, not restrict it
• Copyright does not require filing papers
• Copyrighted work can be used for nonprofit purposes, such as education
• In order to use some images, you must have a license and give credit to the photographer
• Almost everything is copyrighted, but not everything is licensed
• Copyrighted work of your own includes these four rights: the right to reproduce, display the work publicly, prepare works derived from the copyrighted work, and distribute copies of the work to the public by sale, rental or lending