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Copyright for CCPS Educators?

 * What can and can't I do with online databases?**

//Technically, online database providers do not own the content to which they provide access. They own the right to display it to customers and have customers use if under Fair Use guidelines. They must negotiate contracts for varying periods of time with the actual authors and producers of the content. The content of the databases is fluid and subject to change.//
 * = **Can** ||= **Can't** ||
 * * Print a copy of articles or images from CCPS databases
 * Make a class set of the article or image for your class || * Use any copies if CCPS stops subscribing
 * Embed an article, image or video stream into a web page
 * Share home use passwords with anyone outside of CCPS ||

//CCPS subscribes to several print, graphic, sound and video databases and they are meant to be used with your classes. However, the articles and images can only be legally used as long as our subscriptions are current and the article, image, music or video is still included in the database.//

//That's why our curriculum documents will cite the web address for an article from one of our databases rather than reprint the entire thing. It's also why you should not keep a class set of the article from one year to the next. It is only permissible to use the article if we are currently subscribing to the database AND the article is still included in it.//

//When creating presentations, teachers may embed content from a subscription database as long as the material is only shared with other legitimate subscribers. Full-text articles of digital content cannot be downloaded and then re-posted on the web as part of a teacher-created web site. To do so would give the world access that is restricted to subscribers and would violate the terms of our contract with the online database provider.//

//User names and passwords for home access to subscription databases are intended for the sole use of CCPS students and staff. They may not be shared with friends, neighbors or relatives who are not employed by or attending our school system.//

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