Case+58+-+Mr.+K’s+Video+Challenges

 Mr. K, a teacher of health education has used Keynote presentations in his first year of teaching. He teaches in an Abbott District with many unique challenges and has seen a higher student interest level when video is incorporated into the lesson. Through teacher workshops, Mr. K has learned how to transfer internet videos clips into Keynote slides using [] and [].

He has started to use clips from commercial movies. For example during a recent HIV/ Aids lesson a 1 minute movie clip was used from the movie Philadelphia. Each time a movie clip is used a Keynote slide is dedicated to the movie name, release year, and the studio that distributed the original movie. After a recent school workshop on copyright infringement, Mr. K is concerned. __ Commentary __ According to the [|Princeton Fair Use Policy] the following qualify as fair use: 1. The purpose and character of the use, including whether the use is of a commercial nature or is for non-profit educational purposes; 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; and 4. The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

__Example of fair use from __[|Stanford University]  Had Mr. K (1) decided to use the video presentation to present to a profit institution or (2) use motion media over 10% or 3 minutes or (3) not credit the source fair use would not apply. According to section 1.3 of the [|Fair Use Guidelines For Educational Multimedia]  “Educational institutions are defined as nonprofit organizations whose primary focus is supporting research and instructional activities of educators and students for noncommercial purposes”. __ Additional Commentary: __ I agree that Mr. K needs to keep video clips in the non-profit educational organization classroom, short, and always credit the source to stay in compliance with the fair use policy. This appropriate use can serve as an example to students and other educators that attend Mr. K’s classroom presentations.
 * Fair use. ** The makers of a movie biography of Muhammad Ali used 41 seconds from a boxing match film in their biography. **Important factors:** A small portion of film was taken and the purpose was informational. (//Monster Communications, Inc. v. Turner Broadcasting Sys. Inc.//, 935 F. Supp. 490 (S.D. N.Y. 1996).