Law Abiding Citizen
Says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
What is the First Amendment
what is copyrighted material
both sides of a story are told
what is fairness
Using a company's trademark symbol to write a funny, but inappropriate message is a breach of the law for this reason
Students want to make a yearbook spread titled The Fault in Our Stars based off the John Green book and film of the same name, is this allowed?
Yes, because book titles are not copyrighted
Law that grants protection from original authorship
What is Copyright law
The use of copyrighted material without permission or without a legal protection.
What is copyright infringement
Thoughtful decisions and high standards will ensure that the yearbook is free of questionable material such as racist or sexist remarks, ethnic slurs, crude humor, inside jokes, cruel remarks and glamorizing illegal activities.
What is Good Taste
a symbol that represents a company
what is a trademark
Seniors are excited to put quotes from famous people, songs, and The Bible as their senior quotes. Why are they allowed to do this?
This must be proven to win a libel case
what is an injury to the indivdual
Under these guidelines, one is permitted to use a limited amount of a copyrighted work without prior permission, so as long as the material in question is used for purposes such as news reporting, education or editorial criticism/comment or parody
What is Fair Use
All names, quotes and information, including anything submitted by nonstaffers, should be checked carefully.
What is Accuracy
a publication must obtain this to use trademark images
what is permission
Real-world Example: Students want to walk out of class at a scheduled time to protest gun violence in schools.
Are they allowed by law? Why or Why not?
No, the school is liable for student safety, if students leave the classrooms or campus, they are not monitored by the liable authority.
Supreme Court decision that gave school administrations rights to censor student produced material
What is Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Schools have the right to publish these in the yearbook due to contracts with photographers
What are School portraits
the moral principles that govern a person or group's behaviors
what are ethics
to use images publications require these.
what are signed photo releases
a new independent student publication wishing to call itself The Independent Daily Student may have a _____ problem if the existing official student publication is already called The Daily Student.
Why?
what is a trademark
The names are so close that it could confuse the audiences.
Supreme Court decision that says students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate,”
What is Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent Community School District
You can use these type of materials as long as they do not say “For editorial use only” or “For personal use only.”
what are stock images and photos
A term for materials that are copied that can be academically punished, but are not able to be legally punished
What is plagiarism
signed photo permissions are not required when the photo is of this
what is a crowd
students want to make a class t-shirt with the Coke symbol, but instead of Coke, it says Cocaine in the Coke font. What TWO aspects of journalism are students breaching?
What are good taste and trademark