Copyright and Fair Use

Copyright and Fair Use

Grade 6 · Technology · 1 min

What's Included

Learning Objective

I can analyze scenarios to decide if using copyrighted material, such as movie clips or songs, is fair use for school projects.

Warm-Up Video

Unknown Channel · 5:00

Creativity, Copyright, and Fair Use

Practice Questions

7 questions · Short answer

Exit Ticket

Quick comprehension check

A student wants to use a 20-second clip from a popular song in a video they are creating for a school project. The video will be shown only to their class and teacher. Explain whether this use is likely fair use, and why or why not. A student creates a parody of a famous movie poster for a presentation in their English class. The parody significantly alters the original poster for comedic effect and commentary. The student credits the original poster. Is this use likely fair use, and why or why not?

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