Copyright Guidelines
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upon as legal advice. Please consult an attorney with expertise in copyright law for advice relating to your specific circumstances and activities.
The emphasis of the Jim Harbin Student Media Festival is on “original” creativity. Collaboration between students can draw upon artistic, musical, written, and technical skills that would result in an “original” production. Copyright is not an issue when students produce “original” material. Educating students on copyright is part of the process. We want to focus on student learning, creativity and film making processes (which includes copyright awareness).
Permitted Uses:
Educators may use their own educational multimedia projects, created for curriculum-based instruction in face-to-face instruction, student directed self-study, remote instruction, peer conferences, and for their own professional portfolio. Students may perform and display their own multimedia projects in the courses for which they were created and may use them in their own portfolios as examples of their academic work.* Since the Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia are merely criteria to be evaluated and not legally binding, an attorney should be consulted with if there is any doubt as to whether a use is a fair one.
These guidelines are available for non-profit activities of nonprofit education institutions at all levels of instruction whose primary function is supporting research and instructional activities of educators and student. (Our media festival projects fall under these guidelines as one of our purposes in the festival is for students to produce these products in order to learn the process.) Students may use portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works in their academic multimedia programs with proper attribution and citation and may perform their program for educational purposes and may retain it in their personal portfolios as examples of their academic work.
In the instances where it is desired to incorporate copyrighted material, in addition to appropriate credit being given as to the source, the production application submitted to the Jim Harbin Student Media Festival must be accompanied by a copyright permissions letter from the copyholder(s).
Student-produced media that originally were created to meet the requirements of a class, may not meet festival guidelines. These same productions may require copyright permissions to be submitted to the Jim Harbin Student Media Festival. If, as part of a production, a brief portion of a copyright work is included as a result of “incidental” activities, permission is not required. See portion limits below.
Example: Students videotaping a community parade “briefly” take footage of a band passing by, performing music. This would be considered “incidental,” and therefore, approved. However, if the taping concentrates on the band's performance, it is no longer “incidental” and permission would need to be granted.
If your goal IS to establish mood or convey an emotional tone with someone else's video, music or pictures, consider using materials in the public domain or Creative Commons license instead of Copyrighted material. Be sure to cite your work.
upon as legal advice. Please consult an attorney with expertise in copyright law for advice relating to your specific circumstances and activities.
The emphasis of the Jim Harbin Student Media Festival is on “original” creativity. Collaboration between students can draw upon artistic, musical, written, and technical skills that would result in an “original” production. Copyright is not an issue when students produce “original” material. Educating students on copyright is part of the process. We want to focus on student learning, creativity and film making processes (which includes copyright awareness).
Permitted Uses:
Educators may use their own educational multimedia projects, created for curriculum-based instruction in face-to-face instruction, student directed self-study, remote instruction, peer conferences, and for their own professional portfolio. Students may perform and display their own multimedia projects in the courses for which they were created and may use them in their own portfolios as examples of their academic work.* Since the Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia are merely criteria to be evaluated and not legally binding, an attorney should be consulted with if there is any doubt as to whether a use is a fair one.
These guidelines are available for non-profit activities of nonprofit education institutions at all levels of instruction whose primary function is supporting research and instructional activities of educators and student. (Our media festival projects fall under these guidelines as one of our purposes in the festival is for students to produce these products in order to learn the process.) Students may use portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works in their academic multimedia programs with proper attribution and citation and may perform their program for educational purposes and may retain it in their personal portfolios as examples of their academic work.
In the instances where it is desired to incorporate copyrighted material, in addition to appropriate credit being given as to the source, the production application submitted to the Jim Harbin Student Media Festival must be accompanied by a copyright permissions letter from the copyholder(s).
Student-produced media that originally were created to meet the requirements of a class, may not meet festival guidelines. These same productions may require copyright permissions to be submitted to the Jim Harbin Student Media Festival. If, as part of a production, a brief portion of a copyright work is included as a result of “incidental” activities, permission is not required. See portion limits below.
Example: Students videotaping a community parade “briefly” take footage of a band passing by, performing music. This would be considered “incidental,” and therefore, approved. However, if the taping concentrates on the band's performance, it is no longer “incidental” and permission would need to be granted.
If your goal IS to establish mood or convey an emotional tone with someone else's video, music or pictures, consider using materials in the public domain or Creative Commons license instead of Copyrighted material. Be sure to cite your work.
Trademarked Items
To use a trademarked toy/character in a film would require permission, as the character will be key to your story.
FAME and Jim Harbin Student Media Festival do NOT have permission to use LEGO products in entries. You must ask for permission and submit written permission if you are granted permission to use LEGO products.
Music Hosting Sites
Sites offering artists free, common space or to market their original music must be cited. If music is copyright-free and the artist does not require attribution, music still must be credited as a source in submitted videos and application. Proof of copyright status MUST be submitted with each project. This includes but is not limited to CC0, Public Domain, CCBY, YouTube Free Audio, Soundzbound, FreeSound. Visit this site for specifics on using Creative Commons Music.
Music Loops and Templates
Original music created with software such as GarageBand should be noted in the video credits or works cited page that is submitted with the video. Student-created music may be questioned for copyright given the professional quality of loops and templates. For example, “Original music created in GarageBand.” or “Original music created by John Smith” will clarify the origin of student compositions.
SSYRA/Teens Read Books
Images of SSYRA book covers, titles, and author information are allowed without permission, given publishing agreements with publishers of SSYRA books. Permission should be obtained for book jackets or cover art that is not on the SSYRA or Teens Read lists.
Cite Your Sources
A document should be submitted at the time of the video submission identifying the source of published works included in a project, giving a full bibliographic description where available. Include author, title, publisher, and place and date of publication. Display the copyright notice © and copyright ownership information. Note if you have written permission from a copyright owner to use extended portions of material in a student media production. Written permission to use extended portions of material must be uploaded with your application. It is also recommended the a copy be kept on file by the sponsoring teacher.
Caution
Exercise caution in using digital material downloaded from the Internet. Access to works on the Internet does not automatically mean that these can be reproduced and reused without permission or royalty payment.
Sites you may want to use to teach your students and/or understand copyright:
A lesson on Fair Use for students
Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning by Renee Hobbs and the US Copyright Office Fair Use statement.
The Ultimate Guide to Fair Use and Copyrights for FilmMakers https://blog.frame.io/2017/08/30/copyrights-and-fair-use-for-filmmakers/
Copyright Sources and Instructional Resources
Fair Use Chart for Teachers
Copyright Kids
Cyberbee
To use a trademarked toy/character in a film would require permission, as the character will be key to your story.
FAME and Jim Harbin Student Media Festival do NOT have permission to use LEGO products in entries. You must ask for permission and submit written permission if you are granted permission to use LEGO products.
Music Hosting Sites
Sites offering artists free, common space or to market their original music must be cited. If music is copyright-free and the artist does not require attribution, music still must be credited as a source in submitted videos and application. Proof of copyright status MUST be submitted with each project. This includes but is not limited to CC0, Public Domain, CCBY, YouTube Free Audio, Soundzbound, FreeSound. Visit this site for specifics on using Creative Commons Music.
Music Loops and Templates
Original music created with software such as GarageBand should be noted in the video credits or works cited page that is submitted with the video. Student-created music may be questioned for copyright given the professional quality of loops and templates. For example, “Original music created in GarageBand.” or “Original music created by John Smith” will clarify the origin of student compositions.
SSYRA/Teens Read Books
Images of SSYRA book covers, titles, and author information are allowed without permission, given publishing agreements with publishers of SSYRA books. Permission should be obtained for book jackets or cover art that is not on the SSYRA or Teens Read lists.
Cite Your Sources
A document should be submitted at the time of the video submission identifying the source of published works included in a project, giving a full bibliographic description where available. Include author, title, publisher, and place and date of publication. Display the copyright notice © and copyright ownership information. Note if you have written permission from a copyright owner to use extended portions of material in a student media production. Written permission to use extended portions of material must be uploaded with your application. It is also recommended the a copy be kept on file by the sponsoring teacher.
Caution
Exercise caution in using digital material downloaded from the Internet. Access to works on the Internet does not automatically mean that these can be reproduced and reused without permission or royalty payment.
Sites you may want to use to teach your students and/or understand copyright:
A lesson on Fair Use for students
Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning by Renee Hobbs and the US Copyright Office Fair Use statement.
The Ultimate Guide to Fair Use and Copyrights for FilmMakers https://blog.frame.io/2017/08/30/copyrights-and-fair-use-for-filmmakers/
Copyright Sources and Instructional Resources
Fair Use Chart for Teachers
Copyright Kids
Cyberbee
*Any mention of commercial products or services on any Florida Association for Media In Education communication platform is for information only and does not necessarily constitute an endorsement by FAME.
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