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Can students upload their multimedia project to YouTube?


Yes! Educators and students must credit sources, giving full bibliographic information when available.
Educators and students must display the copyright notice and copyright ownership information if this is shown in the original source.
Copyright information for images may be shown in a separate bibliographic section unless the presentation is being used for distance learning. In this case, the information must be incorporated within the image itself.


Do you need to request permission from the original creator in order to use copyrighted material in multimedia project for school related assignment?



Yes! You always need to get permission before you distribute or use any information. You need to get permission: When you intend to use the project for commercial or non-educational purposes.
When you intend to duplicate the project beyond the two copies allowed by the guidelines.
When you plan to distribute the project beyond the scope of the guidelines If you have any doubts about whether a use is fair use, it is always best to seek permission. A lot of students don't understand the copyright laws because they are very uneducated about them.
The fair use of copyrighted material in multimedia projects lasts for two years only. After two years, obtain permission before using the project again.


Are the limitations to the amount of pictures or length of music or video that can be used in a multimedia project?Uploading a video or multimedia project to youtube is rather easy and gives other classmates the opportunity to veiw their work. I have enjoyed uploading my multimedia video to Youtube as well. Yes! Music or lyrics & music video: Up to 10%, but in no event more than 30 seconds, of the music and lyrics from an individual musical work (or in the aggregate of extracts from an individual work), whether the musical work is embodied in copies, or audio or audiovisual works, may be reproduced or otherwise incorporated as a part of a multimedia project. You are able to use a certain amount of music in your videos.
Illustrations or photographs:
No more than five images from one artist or photographer.
No more than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less, from a collection.