Digital+Storytelling

=**//Copyright, Fair Use & Creative Commons//**=

**Flat Classroom/NetGenEd Guidelines for Media Use**
toc


 * While some of the following may still arguably be considered as qualifying under Fair Use in some instances, it is important to remember when participating in a project like this that we are utilizing a NING platform, similar to YouTube. Although not exact, NING has a Terms of Use Agreement that we all agree to abide by upon joining. NING reserves the right to remove anything they deem copyright infringement.
 * Further, copyrighted material can cause a really fantastic video to lose out on a well-deserved award due to the inclusion of copyright especially music. Everyone works so hard and we want to assure the chances to secure awards are most-equitable.
 * Please pay extra mind to the following guidelines when creating your video/multimedia artifact.


 * ~ Sample Types of Media ||~ Use ||~ Amount ||~ Citation ||
 * = Mainstream Copyright Music ||= No ||= N/A ||= N/A ||
 * = TV/Commercial clips ||= Following Fair Use Guidelines ||= 20% max (e.g. 30 sec of a 2:30 minute video) ||= Proper MLA citation in credits ||
 * = Documentary Clips (News, TED, etc.) ||= Following Fair Use Guidelines ||= 20% max (e.g. 30 sec of a 2:30 minute video) ||= Proper MLA citation in credits ||
 * = Images ||= Creative Commons Licensed ||= Balanced with other pieces of media ||= Proper MLA citation & credit to original creator ||
 * = Mainstream Movie Clips ||= No ||= N/A ||= N/A ||

Copyright

 * May I use Copyrighted Material? Let's take a look at this lesson from Common Sense Media Lesson on Rights, Remixes, and Respect >

media type="youtube" key="0QiO_H0-ok8" height="315" width="420"
 * ===What is Copyright?===


 * Copyright is intended to actually protect the user, not necessarily the owner, in order to stimulate creativity and innovation. Copyright is a "right" to "copy," for the right purposes, and after a given amount of time, granted to us by Section 8, Article 1, Clause 8 of the US Constitution[[image:Screen_shot_2011-11-05_at_11.52.58_AM.png width="616" height="339" align="right"]]


 * If you are unsure how to determine if something is protected by Copyright, you can use this digital slider to help you.


 * For our classroom purposes, **you should NOT ever use mainstream, copyrighted music** as background in any of your videos or digital stories. To be safe, not in any proportion, really. From the American University School of Communication Center for Social Media:

//**"LIMITATIONS**: If a work is merely reused without significant change of context or meaning, then its reuse goes beyond the limits of fair use. Similarly, where the juxtaposition is a pretext to exploit the popularity or// //appeal of the copyrighted work employed, or where the amount of material used is excessive, fair use should not apply. For example, **fair use will not** // **//apply when a copyrighted song is used in its entirety as a sound track for a newly created video simply because the music evokes a desired mood rather//** // **than to change its meaning** ; when someone sings or dances to recorded popular music without comment, thus using it for its original purpose; or when newlyweds decorate or embellish a wedding video with favorite songs simply because they like those songs or think they express the emotion of the moment.//"
 * For our classroom purposes, you should generally not use any copyrighted television shows or movie clips within a video or digital story unless it truly meets Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Purposes.

Where does Fair Use come in?
Was the [|Barack Obama "Hope" Poster] fair use? [|Look at this photo to see what you think]

Criteria for Fair Use

 * Nature
 * Purpose
 * Amount
 * Effect

Fair Use is also based on "transformativeness" (adding value, repurposing) and the cost to copyright holder vs. benefits to society media type="youtube" key="8tWhKeb-fUQ" height="315" width="420"

What's Fair?
media type="youtube" key="j3jovQ4eKqE" height="315" width="420"

To Use or Not to Use
The best way to make sure you are not breaking any copyright laws is to use media that is: 1. Homegrown 2. Creative Commons licensed 3. Fair Use (from [|Wes Fryer] 's [|Copyright for Educators])

Here's a [|Fair Use Reasoning Process] to help you determine if it's fair or not

Building on the Past
This video created by [|Justin Cone] won the Creative Commons [|Moving Images Contest] media type="youtube" key="uTjpghGjjfo" height="315" width="420"

To Get Creative
media type="youtube" key="1e2WMlL6jlI" height="315" width="420"

Be Part of the Shared Culture
media type="youtube" key="1DKm96Ftfko" height="315" width="420"

Using Creative Commons to find Images, Audio and Video for your Website
media type="youtube" key="YvsbJaJeFGY" height="315" width="560" = =

How Can I Use CC Licensed Content?
It depends. There are different kinds of [|Creative Commons licenses]

**Finding Creative Commons Licensed Images**
The [|search portal on the CC website] [|Google Advanced Image Search] (select Usage Rights) [|Flickr's Creative Commons Portal] [|Flickr Creative Commons - Attribution Only Search] [|Behold] [|Compfight: A Flickr Search Tool]- Here are some [|instructions for using Compfight] [|FlickrStorm] (save CC images with a URL) [|FlickrCC]

Sites for educational videos:
[|TED Talks] [|Fora.TV] [|Academic Earth] [|Vimeo] [|WatchKnow] [|Vidque] Blip.tv //(typically creative commons)//

=//Digital Storytelling//=

media type="custom" key="11156064" width="180" height="180" align="left"

Storyboard Tutorial

//What's in a Story?//

 * **What are the important things any writer includes in a story?** Check out this awesome Flocabulary Rapthat will be sure to help you remember what makes a story "mad exciting."
 * //"Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme, Setting, yes these are the five things, that you're gonna be needing, when you're reading or writing a short story that's mad exciting.//" [1]
 * What do really good, moving stories look like? Sample Digital Stories from the Center for Digital Story Telling
 * Resources for setting up/laying out a Digital Story



Storyboard Templates
[|Digital Arts Alliance Storyboard] [|Location Lockdown Storyboards] [|Show Me A Movie Storyboard] [|Jason Ohler Storyboard]

What are Some Possible Video Styles to Use?
See the video playlist below for examples of the following styles. . . [|Common Craft] [|Say It Visually] [|Pecha Kucha] [|Back of the Napkin] [|Whiteboard Animation] media type="youtube" key="videoseries?list=PL22502745EFC55718" height="315" width="560"