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   Britney
   Member

   I plan to use lindafaye @charlottemasonhelp's picture study method for this coming school year. My question is this: If I order the Picture Study Portfolios from SCM, will I be able to take those prints and have 4x6 copies made of them for my kids to keep in their albums? How would that work? Will I need some sort of copyright release from SCM? I really want to use the SCM portfolios but I also want to make albums with 4x6s. Will I have to choose?

   If I just choose prints from online and save them to a disk/flashdrive, do i just print off the fair use guidelines for educators chart and take it with me when i go to print them?

   What's the best/right way to go about this?

   Thanks!
   Britney

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   bethanna
   Member

   Bump.... I'd like to know too.

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   suzukimom
   Member

   Don't know about with the SCM portfolios.....

   I think that if you are talking older artists, that have been dead for a hundred years or so, there is no copywrite.

   The AO Yahoo Artist groups are great for getting artist prints in various sizes...

   Here is an Index I made of some Artists.... it was a while ago, so probably needs a bit of updating...

   http://maplehillacademy.blogspot.ca/2009/08/more-picture-study.html

    

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   Doug Smith
   SCM Team

   It all depends on where you have them printed and how much fuss they make over it. We give you permission to print any of our materials for use in your single household. So if they make you fill out a form you can truthfully state that you have a license to use the materials in this way.

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   Britney
   Member

   Thanks for the answers to my questions.

   Doug- I hear you about it depending on where. It seems like I get hassled anytime I pick up things at the photo counter at Walmart. I took some photos at home that they apparently felt looked commercial and they gave me hard time.

   I think I'm going to save some works to my flash drive and get them printed at my local drugstore and see how it goes. As of right now none of the artists we are doing are available in a portfolio. I want to print an 8x10 to use for picture study and then a 4x6 for them to put in an album.

   suzukimom- Thanks for the link! I love how you have all that in one place. I bookmarked it!

   Thanks again.
   Britney

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   eawerner
   Member

   Could someone post a link for the fair use guideline chart to print out? Thanks!

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   Britney
   Member

   http://www.techlearning.com/techlearning/pdf/events/techforum/tx05/TeacherCopyright_chart.pdf

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   Britney
   Member

   I've also been told that once an artist has been dead for 100 years or so, then copyright is not an issue because it is now in the public domain. Here is what the U.S. Copyright Office says about that: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf

   It is listed under: How Long Copyright Protection Endures

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   Doug Smith
   SCM Team

   Thanks for the link to the chart. That's a helpful reference.

   A couple other things to keep in mind:

   • Copyright is based on the country in which a work was published. So some works may be under the jurisdiction of another country and the US rules may not apply. Some countries have stricter rules and some are more lax.
   • SCM materials are special.  While we do retain our copyright, we relax our rights to specifically give you permision to print or make copies from our books for your immediate family in your single household. For our videos, we grant you group showing rights as long as you buy enough notebooks for all of the participants. Basically, we treat you like we would want to be treated and trust you to do the right thing.

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    eawerner
    Member

    Thanks :)

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