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A 3 page paper that briefly explains a number of issues about copyright law including the law; Chafee Amendment; Creative Commons; Universal Design for Learning; fair Use and the TEACH Act. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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of any kind. While Fair Use provides educators more leeway in terms of displaying and copying material, it is still easy to overstep the limitations. The Copyright Law protects
the creators of original material and does so whether that material is published or not. It protects a vast array of different kinds of original material including literary works, sound
recordings, photographs, musical works, dramatic works, pantomimes, choreographic works, graphic or sculptural works, television broadcasts, sound broadcasts, motion pictures, architectural works, live performances and software (FindLaw, 2011). Copyright gives the
owner the right to prepare derivative works based on the copyrighted material; reproduce the work; perform the work publicly; distribute copies or the work or transfer or lease ownership; and
display the work in a public forum (FindLaw, 2011). The person who owns the copyright on any material can authorize others to do any of these things with their work.
The copyright protects the work only in the way it was initially manifested. Copyrights do not protect concepts, facts, ideas, processes, principles, systems, names, titles, or any of the
techniques that are included in the copyright (FindLaw, 2011). Congress amended the Copyright Act in 1996 with the adoption of the Chafee Amendment. This law specifically addresses copying
or translating copyrighted materials for visually handicapped persons (NLS, 2010). Prior to this amendment, authors and publishers had to give their approval for material to be reproduced in the format
needed by visually handicapped persons (NLS, 2010). Authors and publishers also received royalties when these materials were transcribed, say into Braille. Authorized agencies, such as a library, can now reproduce
and distributed certain copyrighted materials in formats, such as phono-records, of copyrighted non-dramatic literary works for the exclusive use of persons with disabilities (NLS, 2010). Creative Commons is a
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