Programs presented by Wisconsin Media Lab have been cleared for school use, but those rights fall into a few different categories. Retention and recording rights for Wisconsin Media Lab programs are designated on each Series Information page.

School Year Rights:
Programs can be recorded and retained for the current school year. Tapes or digital files must be erased, deleted or destroyed by June 30 of the year the series is dropped. Recordings may be retained and viewed in subsequent school years only if the ECB includes those programs in future schedules. 

Extended Use Rights:
Schools may retain a recording of an extended-use program for the life of the tape.

PBS Extended Recording Rights:
PBS has obtained expanded off-air rights and extended those rights to PreK-12 educators.  For information on these PBS programs, see the PBS Teachers Copyright and Fair Use page.

When recording programs for educational purposes follow Federal Fair Use Guidelines; students may view the program no more than twice within ten days after broadcast. After ten days teachers may view the recording for evaluation purposes only. The program must be erased 45 days after the recording date.

For more information on copyright, visit www.pbs.org/teachers/copyright

If you have other programming questions, please contact our Content Manager (608) 264-9689

Digital Rights for Media                 

These videos, images and animations are licensed for use by Wisconsin educators and students. No other uses shall be permitted.

Watch Now = Streaming only
You may watch these videos or show them to a classroom or group of students in an educational setting. You may not download or copy these videos.

Watch Later = Desktop rights
If streaming is not permitted or not feasible in your building or educational situation, you may download only a single copy of the video to any single computer for educational, non-commercial use. You may watch these videos or show them to a classroom or group of students in an educational setting. You may not reproduce, modify, re-post on another site or sell any of the contents. You may retain a copy on the single computer for the duration of the school year.

Download = Download and Sharing rights; may included Remix rights
You may download this video to a single computer or to a school server or network. You may share this video with other Wisconsin educators, students or parents. You may not re-post this video on another site or sell any of the contents. For files with the code R (stands for Remix) in the filename, you may also edit and incorporate the media into teacher and student projects for educational purposes.

Once you have downloaded media, the file names will help you determine retention rights and permitted uses according to the following codes:

Retention rights (how long media may be kept)

• SY = School-year rights
  Media can be saved and viewed repeatedly over the course of a given school year. They may be retained and viewed in subsequent years only if ECB continues to include the media in our list of offerings. Visit ecb.org each May to find a list of the discontinued media.
• EXT = Extended-use rights
  Media can be saved and viewed repeatedly as long as it meets curricular needs.

Permitted uses (what can be done with digital media)

• D = Desktop rights
  Media can be stored for later use only on the computer to which it was downloaded.
• S = Share
  Media can be downloaded and transferred to other computers and servers.
• R = Remix
  Media can be edited and incorporated into teacher and student projects for educational purposes.

Example:         Into_the_Book_p01_GRK-4_EXT_S_R.wmv
This program has extended-use rights, and may be shared and remixed.

Soundzabound Music and Audio Files
The Soundzabound™ Music Library may be used by educators and students in the state of Wisconsin solely for school-related or school-supported activities and functions, including school fundraisers, within the school community. Soundzabound Music files may be loaded to any number of machines, computers and digital music players so long as they are the property of a school or personal possession of a student, teacher or administrator of a Wisconsin school entity. Educators may also duplicate and sell their finished products for profit which contain Soundzabound Music, so long as it is within their educational realm, and not for personal or business profit and purposes. For additional rights information, check the Soundzabound licensing page.

Credit must be given using this citation:

Royalty Free Music by Soundzabound.com
"Song title," Artist Name

 

Digital Science Online
You may download the images from Digital Science Online and incorporate them in your lessons or educational presentations, and you may allow students to incorporate them in their school projects. The videos and animations are streaming only and may not be downloaded. All media must be properly cited; sample citation is provided below. You may not transfer downloaded files to workstations or servers outside of Wisconsin. You may not re-post these files on another site or sell any of the contents. You may retain a copy of this media for the duration of the school year. You may print and distribute copies of the documents in the Teachers Guides section of the website within your Wisconsin educational institution.

Sample Citation for Digital Science Online
Title or description of image. Digital image. Digital Science Online. Visual Learning Company, n.d. Date you accessed the image. <URL of the image>.

Contact Information:
If you have any questions regarding use of media from Wisconsin Media Lab, please contact:

Content and Outreach Manager (608-264-9689)
Wisconsin Media Lab
3319 West Beltline Hwy.
Madison, WI 53713