The following sites provide access to extensive copyright informationand intellectual property resource links. Most of the sites hold information that is useful to individuals with concerns about copyright law and the Internet. Those sites which specifically address copyright and the Internet are marked with an asterisk*

Copyright Clearance Center Online
http://www.copyright.com

California State University/State University of NY/City University of NY Instructional Technology Site*
http://www.cetus.org

Conference on Fair Use: A Report to the Commissioner/U.S. Patent and trademark Office*
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/confu/

Copyright: Coalition for Networked Information*
http://arl.cni.org/scomm/copyright/uses.html

Copyright and Fair Use: Stanford
http://fairuse.stanford.edu

Copyright website*
http://www.benedict.com/

Cornell Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/copyright.html#menu

Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia*
http://www.indiana.edu/~ccumc/

FindLaw Internet Legal Resources*
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/index.html

Intellectual Property Center*
http://www.ipcenter.com

Multimedia Law
http://www.batnet.com/oikoumene/

Public Domain Material
http://www.benedict.com/public.htm#public

University of Texas Copyright and Intellectual Property Management Center*
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/

U.S. Copyright Office Home Page
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Home Page
http://www.uspto.gov/

Therefore if copyrighted music is to be used for Mayday, schools should get consent from the copyright owners. Copyright owners are often happy to approve the use of copyrighted works for educational purposes. It is important that you apply in advance to give the copyright holder time to review and approve the proposed use.

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People often confuse Teleschool with other departments and agencies such as Olelo and Hawaii Public Television because the Hawaii Department of Education does not have its own TV channel to transmit over. Teleschool works in partnership with other organizations such as Olelo the Corporation for Community Television, Akaku, Na Leo O Hawaii, Hoike, UH at Manoa and HPTV, Hawaii Public Television to transmit DOE video programming.

Many times people watching DOE programming on one of these channels believe that Teleschool is part of the organization that operates the channel, when in actuality Teleschool is working in partnership with the organization but is not part of the organization. Teleschool also schedules many types of DOE related programming and sometimes people confuse the program being viewed as that of Teleschool which may or may not be the case.

Teleschool creates a variety of original programming such as KidScience, EARTH Geography, and Music Factory, but Teleschool also creates programming for other departments such as E-School, Special Education, and School Safety. Teleschool is comprised of 3 sections, Media Library, Video Access and Television Services, although sometimes each section may be identified independently all are part of the Teleschool Branch.

Teleschool does work closely with Olelo and so it may appear as though Teleschool and Olelo are the same. Because the DOE does not have its own broadcast channel to transmit on, it must partner with other agencies to transmit its programming which sometimes lead people to believe that Teleschool is part of the agency transmitting the programming.

Teleschool transmits DOE video programming over Olelo’s channel 56 on Oahu and other public access stations across the state. Teleschool is located in the Olelo building but is not part of the Olelo organization.

Teleschool works closely with HPTV but is not the same. HPTV is a non-profit organization. Teleschool broadcasts some programming over HPTV’s KHET channel and uses its studio for some of the production work. Prior to cable TV in Hawaii all of the DOE’s programming was transmitted over HPTV’s KHET.