Shorter URL - http://bit.ly/copyrightcopywrong
An Approach - Rather than look at copyright as an endless list of all the things you shouldn't do, a more proactive approach may be to examine each unique case and look at all the things you CAN do.
What are the most common copyright issues we are dealing with?
- Use of online images
- Use of commercial music
- Converting books to audio books
- Use of online video - May we legally download and save YouTube videos to replay to our classes?
- can you cut and paste into a report as long as it is "cited"
- how to get the focus away from regurgitate information
- how to differentiate from "in classroom use" to online publishing
- how do you learn the process of "getting permission"
- differentiating between terms of service and copyright
- what do the terms of service allow regarding "password" protected website
- keeping up with changed laws
- what can you do with "repurpose" and "remix"
- how to interpret fair use
- transform the use (demo of a new concept instead of entertainment)
- can I post my school music or drama performance
- a performance of public domain can be copyrighted
- does a school have an obligation to make a statement about others recording the information and posting (performances, videos, etc)
- student work is copyrighted, what is a school responsible for protecting re student work
- when is teachers work copyrighted and who owns it
- since student are minors, who can give permission
Begin multimedia projects by thinking about where the work is going to end up. Are the projects...
- just for the teacher's eyes?
- only for classroom use?
- for school wide use?
- to be viewed on the open Web?
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A simple overall approach:
#1 "Home Grown" content (example - Veterans Day Photo Story)
#2 Copyright Free - Public Domain
#3. Creative Commons licensed content
#4. Fair Use Content
Considerations:
- The time element - some approaches are more time consuming
- provide students with a limited set of choices
- Use MS Office images
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- Different approaches for different age groups
- Tools are available to promote "home grown" content - scanners, digital still and video cameras, drawing tablets, SMART boards, Scholastic Keys software, document cameras, ?
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Focus on what teachers CAN do rather than what they should not do:
Images:
Ask "What kind of images are you looking for?" "Would student-created images be the best choice?"
Begin with the simplest resources first:
Music:
- Photo Story - built-in music
- Many online "free music" sites can be VERY time consuming and difficult to use
- MuseOpen is an example of a copyright-free music site done well
- Jam Studio - Make your own music online
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Video:
- Video - Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
- Discovery Streaming Video - many allow editing
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A New Look at Fair Use
Creative Commons - Video - What is CC?
Copyright Resources:
Collections of Images
Audio Resources
- Musopen - Free Public Domain Classical Music
- Public Domain Music - MIDI recordings for a substantial collection of early-American music
- Free Music Archive - The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The Free Music Archive offers free downloads under Creative Commons and other licenses. Please visit the track page to discover what you can and cannot do with each track.
- Royalty Free Music- The Royalty Free Music Clips, Royalty Free Music Loops, Royalty Free Beats, Royalty Free Bumpers and Stingers, and Royalty Free Sound Effects, posted on this page may be used, in Educational, student and personal, not-for-profit projects, free of charge. The free royalty free music clips on this special page change regularly and can be downloaded by Educators, students and individuals looking for high quality background music, production music, to use in their projects.
- Public Domain Music and Free Audio Downloads - An index of online music resources - but make sure you read the fine print!
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