The assignment for copy right laws was broken down in sections to get a better feel of how educators might of known about the many copyright laws they may have been breaking. Now after reading Educators Guide to Copyright and Fair Use as educators we can learn the right way about using other sources in our lessons or presentations. Copyrights and copy wrongs- answers the common questions of what can my students and I as a educator use freely in lessons, workshops etc. The answer I got after reading about copyright laws was most of everything that a teacher uses is an example of protected copyright. A copyright is anything that an Owner of any tangible creative work has the sole right to reproduce, distribute, perform, and display their work. So what the article was saying unless you have permission of the copyright owner when using any of their material it is illegal. Whenever you are in doubt about something get permission from the creator. The copyright law was created to protect the creator right to be compensated and in control of how their work is used.
Fairuse- is not free use to copyright people creations. Good rules of thumb when in question always ask permission. Not a permission to steal their work but to use in a proper way. To decide on what is fair use ask yourself these for questions 1. The purpose for the use 2. Nature of the work used 3. Amount of work you are using of someone else’s 4.The effect of use it has on the market value. For example: You can copy a single chapter from a book or excerpt but you cannot make multiple copies of different work. Copyrights can be Very easily misunderstood so the best way to see if you are following the rules would be to look up the website The Copyright website. This site will give you all you need about the costly mistakes of copyrighting and you can avoid Jail time in your future if you take the time out to read.
New Technology is not a public domain and to understand if something is copyrighted and protected is to relate it to its print recourse. If the recourse is created by the U.S government it cannot be copyright. Also freeware is not a public domain and with software it is important to know when you buy the software in a public domain you do not actually own the software you are just given the opportunity to use the software.
Creative multimedia projects – Some guidelines educators should follow are what copyright works they are able to use to create their educational works. Some include 1. Face to face instruction 2. Direct student self study 3. Presentation work. These guidelines allow students to use copyrights for educational uses, portfolio work, and job and grad school interviews. But no more than 2 copies of the project can be made and the creator and have a copy and the other are left in the school library.
Teaching responsibility of copyright laws in important and as teachers we must enforce 1. How to help the students learn about created works. 2. Teach students to ask permission when in doubt 3. Teach students how to go about requesting permission.
As for my results on the Test when in doubt about a copyright status of work you want to use. Always ASK
I agree with you and the articles we read. When you are in doubt with whether or not it is against the copyright laws you should always ask. As I have said on some of my other responses often times we are breaking the laws without even noticing. If we always ask before we do something we can always be sure we are with in the law and not breaking any laws. Copyright laws can be very detailed and it is important you know what they consist of so that you, your classroom and the district can you safe.
ReplyDeleteI agree also. We need to know about whether or not we are doing copywrongs and make sure our students know what the laws are so they don't break the law also. This is always an important aspect of our teaching to make sure students know the laws, it is our responsibility to inform they what is legal and illegal concerning the laws.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, educating ourselves and students about the responsibility of copyright laws are an essential. I like the copyright video you posted it was intellectual and could be a good clip to show young learners.
ReplyDeleteWe learned a lot this week about copyright law. The five parts series talked about the teachers responsibility to teach their students about copyrights. I think this is a good idea but the new technology is what the kids are using these days and the rules still have not been clearly established. It will be difficult to teach what we don't know.
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