A viewer looks at the YouTube Web site on computer screens in New York, Aug. 17, 2006. YouTube is a video sharing service that already claims more than 100 million video views per day and more than 65,000 video uploads daily. (AP Photo/Cameron Bloch)
By Paige Dearing
Teachers can use copyrighted content in the classroom without permission legally thanks to a new Fair Use code which was released Tuesday.
According to Newswise Arts and Humanities News, The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education allows educators to use copyrighted media, such as YouTubes or websites, in critical thinking exercises without fear of legal consequences.
The Copyright Act of 1976 introduced Fair Use as a way for people to use copyrighted material without permission when the social value outweighs the cost to the copyright owner.
The new code clarifies the standards of digital media usage for educational use, which were addressed in the 2007 The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy report.
The code was developed by the National Association for Media Literacy Education, the Action Coalition for Media Education, the National Council of Teachers of English, the Visual Communication Studies Division of the International Communication Association, and the Media Education Foundation.
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