As we begin this course on copyright in multimedia situations, we want to remind you of some background and context. Many of you probably know that this is the second course on copyright that we have done. And the first was an introduction to copyright for educators and librarians. And some of you have already taken that course and welcome back if you are one of those people. We're glad to see you again. For those who didn't take the first course, we're pleased to have you with us this time as well. We think you'll be fine following the course if you already know some of the basics about copyright, and have some familiarity with the issues involved. On the other hand, if you're uncomfortable with the basics, and don't know about things like automatic protection, the formalities, the idea expression dichotomy, you might want to begin with our first course, or at least review some of the lectures in that course so that you have a little bit more background. >> In both the earlier course and in this one, we will be working with a five question framework that can help you work through any copyright problem. The questions in that framework apply to any type of media, although answering the questions may depend heavily on the specific facts surrounding that particular material. A handout explaining the framework is included as part of this module. We encourage you to look at it, to study it, and keep it with you as you proceed through these modules. If you want a more comprehensive discussion of the framework, there is a discussion about that in the previous course, and we invite you to go and take a look at that. Finally, we want to remind you about one especially important aspect of that analytical framework. And that is the relationship between specific exceptions in copyright law and fair use. Fair use is a very flexible, content specific exception and its application is broad, but always a bit uncertain. The specific exceptions, on the other hand, provide greater certainty but only if the circumstances in your situation are a close match to the kind of uses the exception was intended for. Throughout these videos we will look at specific exceptions that were written for particular uses of images, music or video. Some of these are comprehensive and some are format specific. But either way, they will be useful if they precisely address your situation. On the other hand, there are many situations that are unique. Particularly because new media seems to invite creativity. There will be many times where a specific exception just does not fit the use you're contemplating. When that happens, remember that you can move on in the framework and ask whether your proposed use is a fair use. Fair use can apply to any media, and it will push you to look at your particular facts and make the best decision that you can. With this context in mind, let's begin our examination of the way copyright works for different media formats.