Acceptable+Use+Policies

AUP's: the first line in defense in preventing unsafe, illegal, and unethical use of a school or district's technology resources AUP's are created by a comittee (school board, central office, teachers, media and technology specialists)

Examples of Acceptable Use: -Signing Correspondance -Using online time efficiently - Using the Internet ethically and legally

Examples of Unacceptable Use: -Plagiarizing -Harassing an individual using the internet - Gaining access to any pay-for- view site

Public Domain: creative works or information that are not "owned" by an individual but considered part of the common culture

Fair use: The part of U.S. copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the copyright holder

The following 4 criteria help us determine whether material falls within fair use: 1.) The purpose and character of the use 2.) The nature of the copyrighted work 3.) The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole 4.) The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work