1.
Intellectual
Property -The matter of intellectual property (IP)
rights is currently one of the hot buttons in distance education, particularly
among faculty unions.
2.
Public Domain-Any work in the public domain may be
used freely in a distance education course. Works may enter the public domain
several ways, most often simply through expiration of copyright protection.
3. Photographs and Digital Images The reproduction of
photographs, illustrations, graphic designs, and other still images for use in
a distance education course presents a perplexing copyright dilemma because
intellectual property may be involved at several levels.
4. Section 110 of
the copyright law permits the performance or display of a work during the
face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a
classroom or similar place devoted to instruction, with a lawfully made or
acquired copy.
5. The first copyright legislation in the United States
was enacted by Congress in 1790, a bill modeled after the Statute of Anne.
6.
The
reproduction of photographs, illustrations, graphic designs, and other still images for use in a distance education
course presents a perplexing copyright dilemma because intellectual property
may be involved at several levels.
7. Most
materials published by the U.S. government are specifically excluded from
copyright protection by section 105 and are in the public domain from the date
of creation.
8. The
copyright law itself is a document in a perpetual state of change. The law was
amended by Congress a total of 63 times between its enactment in 1976 and the
end of 2009.
9. The
DMCA requires educational institutions to engage in an ongoing program for
educating its Internet users about copyright issues.
10.Videotapes and other Audiovisual Media- works that consist
of a series of related images which are intrinsically intended to be shown by
the use of machines or devices such as projectors, viewers, or electronic
equipment into courses transmitted to remote sites.
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