Copyright, Fair Use: What is it?
After viewing many videos and reading several articles, I have to say it is “Clear as Mud!” It appears that copyright definitely lives in a gray area! As a librarian, I am suppose to be the unofficial police on protecting copyright in the school. It is a tough battle to fight. In my opinion teachers are one of the biggest offenders of copyright because generally speaking they think they should be allowed to use what they want if it is in the realm of teaching children. Teachers most certainly believe in “Fair Use”. They think they can use everything fairly! Again, this is my opinion.
All the information provided was very interesting. I didn’t know that copyright went back centuries, beginning with the Statue of Anne.
Many ideas were presented in the video Good Copy/Bad Copy. I agree with the gentlemen who said we needed to find away to share creative endeavors. Finding a new way to share would probably benefit the artists more, because I have heard that managers and organizations usually make more money than the actual artist. I also discovered a new form of music: Techno Brega. Watching the “artists” kinda of reminded me of taking Dr. Repps’s class and using Garage Band. The exception being that I am not good at mixing music! I have also concluded that I really like remixes. I find them so clever. My whole family really enjoys parody.
I have long been concerned about copyright. The reason I even began this program is because my library supervisor said we have to learn how to use web 2.0 applications. She also said we have to begin to create book trailers. That was one of the activities for my CBR. I still find it so challenging to find images to use for them. Thank goodness for Creative Commons or I would really be “up a creek without a paddle.”
Hi Pam,
ReplyDeleteI totally understand about your concerns with copyright. As a teacher I often find myself trying to create things for my students to use in class such as movie trailers for novel studies and poetry using music and beats but I don't want copyright laws broken to create my material. I want the students to enjoy the full benefit of the activity by having pictures and music but in a legal manner. As I often preach to my students about plagiarism, which to me goes hand and hand with copyrights. Now that I know what copyright is and how it works I don't think this would be a future problem for me or you. Great Post.
Chanda Robinson
Interesting that you were tasked to make book trailers... not a bad thing to do to promote reading, but a grey area as far as strict copyright. Interesting. It would be less grey if your institution got some kind of permission to do the "previews." Some times a little knowledge is a big pain.
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