Copyright protection applies to all types of content, whether it is in print, electronic, online, or any other format. It protects the owner’s control over the creative work he or she makes, and it requires people to get permission before copying, using, sharing, modifying, and repurposing the material. Violating copyright law can be expensive. The law provides a range from $200 to $150,000 for each work infringed. As educators, it is inevitable to use images, writings, or videos created by other people. Imagine making all teaching materials from music to videos from scratch? How much time and energy will it cost us on top of our other duties and responsibilities as teachers? Our students also mostly use resources found through online search engines when working on their assignments. While I teach my students to cite their sources every time they “borrow” other people’s work, I wondered if it was enough. Honestly, copyright law and other related regulations were confusing for me. I now, however, have a clearer understanding of the copyright law and am glad to learn more about the doctrine of fair use, which permits limited use of copyrighted material without having to first acquire permission. I learned that fair use applies when using content in certain instances, including schoolwork or education, news reporting, criticizing or commenting, and comedy or parody. Also, there are four factors detailed by the US Copy Right Act that should be considered before we use, share, copy, modify, and repurpose other people’s work. Please watch the remix video below to learn more about fair use. I created this video in hopes that it will help the viewers gain more knowledge on copyright as well as fair use. Resources: Common Sense Education. (n.d.). Copyright and fair use animation. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.commonsense.org/education/videos/copyright-and-fair-use-animation ErikaWittlieb. (2014, November 17). Upset sad confused figurine unhappy sadness [digital image]. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/photos/upset-sad-confused-figurine-534103/ Purdue University. (n.d.). Copyright infringement penalties. Retrieved from https://www.lib.purdue.edu/uco/CopyrightBasics/penalties.html Unless otherwise noted, the video presented on this blog is the property of the blog owner.
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