Educational Technology and Copyright Law

Copyright is a United States federal law that protects original "works of authorship" such as:

• literary
• written
• dramatic
• artistic
• musical
• other

Any work uploaded to the internet is automatically copyrighted. No paperwork is needed.

There are four exclusive rights

1. Reproduce the copyrighted work;
2. Display the copyrighted work publicly;
3. Prepare derivative works based on the copyrighted work; and
4. Distribute copies of the copyrighted work to the public by sale, rental or lending, and/or to display the image.