Overview | Teaching Copyright As today's tech-savvy teens become increasingly involved with technology and the Internet for learning, work, civic engagement, and entertainment, it is vital to ensure that they understand their legal rights and responsibilities under copyright law and also how the law affects creativity and innovation. This curriculum is designed to give teachers a comprehensive set of tools to educate students about copyright while incorporating activities that exercise a variety of learning skills. Lesson topics include: the history of copyright law; the relationship between copyright and innovation; fair use and its relationship to remix culture; peer-to-peer file sharing; and the interests of the stakeholders that ultimately affect how copyright is interpreted by copyright owners, consumers, courts, lawmakers, and technology innovators. Unit Goals Educate students about copyright law, including the concepts of fair use, free speech, and the public domain. Objectives for Students Assessment
Fair Use Evaluator What this tool can do for you: What this tool cannot do for you: Fair Use Evaluator What this tool can do for you: What this tool cannot do for you: Over 20 Free Digital Classroom Tools… Customize… Plus No Log In This is a site that you are bound to find useful in your classroom. The tools are incredible and may even include items you have used on paper in the past… but can now bring digitally into the 21st century! Before this informative journey encompassing some engaging resources please take a moment and sign up by email or RSS. I enjoy sharing and I am also motivated by knowing that I am making a difference for you. What amazed me most about Classtools.net was not the valuable tools provided, but the ability for teachers to easily customize these tools and use them in any subject area. Classtools.net is the work of educator, Russel Tarr, Head of History at the International School of Toulouse, France. The Listing Of Over 20 Digital Tools For Your Classroom The tools that you can even customize are included below. Arcade Game Generator – Allows teachers to create concept builders, practice exercises, and reviews.
Student Bloggers The Bloggers' FAQ on Student Blogging addresses legal issues arising from student blogging. It focuses on blogging by high school (and middle school) students, but also contains information for college students. Do Public School Students Have Free Speech Rights under the First Amendment? Absolutely. Both minors and adults have First Amendment rights, and according to the Supreme Court, public school students don't "shed their constitutional right to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." But I'm a Private School Student — What About Me? You also have First Amendment rights, but those rights only protect you from government censorship, not private censorship. Also keep in mind that even though your private school may have the right to enforce a stupid rule, that doesn't make it any less stupid. Can Public Schools Censor or Punish Students' On-Campus Speech? Yes, whether you're a minor or an adult, in high school or in college. Usually, but it depends on the facts. Yes.
Confu Confu: The conference on fair use In late April, 1997, Bruce Lehman, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, publicly stated that the Proposed Guidelines negotiated by CONFU participants had failed to achieve consensus support. In May, 1997, at its third "final" meeting in Washington, D.C., CONFU participants concurred. None of the Proposed Guidelines would survive the comment and endorsement process that ended in May. Since the Multimedia Guidelines had a life of their own apart from CONFU (see Confu: Background), their proponents indicated that they were alive and well and ready for use, but the future for the other two (Images and Distance Learning) is uncertain. The Reserve Guidelines had already fallen by the wayside early last fall (1996). What happened and what does it mean for fair use in the electronic environment? CONFU Background Information and Guidelines | The Final Report of the PTO Does this mean that no one should use the Guidelines? Negotiation Litigation Legislation
3 things to know if you're making a parody video | Fullscreen Please note: This article should not be interpreted as legal advice, nor should it be interpreted as creating any kind of attorney-client or legal advisor relationship. You should not rely upon the legal information or opinions provided, and you should consult with your personal legal advisor. You are solely responsible for any legal decisions or actions you take or omissions you commit. Video creators! In a previous post, we laid out some basic guidelines for avoiding copyright problems on YouTube. What is parody? Parody is a specific application of fair use guidelines. Legal considerations Several U.S. court cases have interpreted and found parodies to be fair use. But other court cases have ruled against content creators who believed their works to be parodies. What this means for you How does this matter for video creators? But as you can see, whether a work constitutes a parody is a difficult analysis.
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"Social Awareness" To Replace Social Networking The Internet of Things is fast approaching and with it comes Web 3.0, where "social awareness" will replace "social networking." Soon tweets and status updates will become fully automated and generated by the world around us versus us ever having to touch a keyboard again. Ambient intelligence systems are being developed with sensors and smart objects that will instantaneously create awareness about our whereabouts. This data will then be shared with our social networking and messaging platforms. Our friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter will be alerted automatically without us ever having to manually tweet or post a status update. Achilles KameasAchilles Kameas, a senior researcher at the Research Academic Computer Technology Institute (raCTI) of Patras, Greece coordinated the EU-funded ASTRA project which brought together researchers from multiple disciplines, including psychology, interaction design, knowledge engineering and computer science. See you on the other side!
Using Technology If experts can't agree on acceptable fair use guidelines for works created using new technologies, what can educators do? Fortunately, some resources are available! Included: Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia. Is Fair Use a License to Steal? "There was an effort to develop some additional guidelines several years ago," according to Nancy Willard, a former copyright attorney and project director at the University of Oregon Center for Advanced Technology in Education, "but the participants were unable to agree to a common set of guidelines. "In 1994," Willard told Education World, "the U.S. See the CONFU Background Information and Guidelines to learn more about the CONFU process and its problems. If even the experts can't agree on acceptable fair use guidelines for works created using new technologies, what can educators do? face-to-face student instruction. educational uses in the course for which they were created. No more than two copies of a project may be made.
9 Things You Should Know About Copyright and Fair Use on YouTube If you’re out making videos for YouTube, especially if you’re trying to monetize your content, you should be aware of your rights and responsibilities when it comes to copyright. Copyright gives creators of original works the exclusive rights to it. In some cases, you could use other people’s work in your videos without their permission; in other cases you need permission. Whatever you do with your videos, you should check out these nine tips that YouTube creators should know when it comes to copyright. 1. Whatever you do, don’t use creative works on your YouTube video without asking for permission. 2. Depending on the type of content, you could use copyrighted material for “fair use” if you’re making commentary or parodying a certain work. 3. Creative Commons and public-domain files are a great tool if you need something like a musical score for your latest vlog or web series. 4. 5. The United States Copyright Office will be your friend once you start creating content. 6. 7. 8. 9.