Copyright, Fair Use & Online Safety

I learned a great deal of information from the copyright and fair use policy. First off,  the policy was very easy to read and understand and I really enjoy the way the author of the article displayed the information. The article mentions that if you use material, use it for a small audience and not for the entire neighborhood. Use resources to help with your lessons and don’t exploit them to the entire world. Doing things like this will start a big problem and cause you to really have to get involved in defending yourself from oncoming trouble. You should also make sure you are using a legitimate copy as your source. This means you should not burn or copy any videos etc. that are sold in stores. Up to 10 percent of a copyright musical composition may be reproduced, performed, and displayed as part of a multimedia program produced by an educator or students .Things that can be purchased should be and then used with a small audience. Also materials such as archives have to have the librarian make up to three copies solely for the purpose of replacement of a copy that is damaged deteriorating, lost, or stolen.

                I feel that by reading the article that I have learned a great deal of information. Teachers use so many resources that you would think that it was all right to use whatever is needed. I’m glad that we had a chance to actually see all the different guidelines and also have something to refer to when you are unsure. The basic information that the writer of the article was trying to get across is use your common since when it comes to making decisions. I believe that idea should be use for anything you do but I is extremely helpful when you think about what can be used. I also believe that some of the rules for many of the resources are kind of unfair. Many of the resources are limited to only 10 percent of use by teachers. I believe that for some, the entire item should be use for demonstration.  It’s unfair if the item is not too long and you have to use 10 percent, then you might as well not use it at all. Copyrights can be tricky but I am glad that we do have them because everyone’s hard work should be protected and valued for you would want the same if it was yours.

Citations

Davidson, Hall. (2011). The Educators' Lean and Mean No FAT Guide to Fair Use. http://www.csus.edu/indiv/p/peachj/edte230/copyright/#article

Tecnology and Learning.(1976).Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines. http://dwb.unl.edu/dwb/courses/CURR880/copyright_chart.pdf