IOC-1.F.1 Material created on a computer is the intellectual property of the creator or an organization.
IOC-1.F.2 Ease of access and distribution of digitized information raises intellectual property concerns regarding ownership, value, and use.
IOC-1.F.3 Measures should be taken to safeguard intellectual property.
IOC-1.F.4 The use of material created by someone else without permission and presented as one’s own is plagiarism and may have legal consequences.
IOC-1.F.5 Some examples of legal ways to use materials created by someone else include:
Creative Commons—a public copyright license that enables the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work. This is used when the content creator wants to give others the right to share, use, and build upon the work they have created.
open source—programs that are made freely available and may be redistributed and modified
open access—online research output free of any and all restrictions on access and free of many restrictions on use, such as copyright or license restrictions
IOC-1.F.6 The use of material created by someone other than you should always be cited.
The objective for this lesson is to apply copyright and fair use law to role play the adjudication of a copyright suit. Students will also apply attribution of material produced in FreeSound.
Activity 6.7.1 (55 minutes)
Facilitate PowerPoint opening of Young Guru explaining sampling and copyright (PowerPoint slide 2).
Arrange students into groups of four and assign the MusiCode Copyright Jury Panel activity (PowerPoint slide 3).
Direct students to material on EarSketch regarding copyright as appropriate (EarSketch Chapter 7 (Copyright)).
Students should make an argument for their decision regarding the MusiCode activity in front of the class.
Facilitate PowerPoint on students judging the Marvin Gaye estate suing Robin Thicke and Pharrell for copyright infringement (PowerPoint slides 4-5, EarSketch Chapter 7 (Copyright)).
Address the real-world decision regarding the case (PowerPoint slide 6).
Activity 6.7.2 (55 minutes)
Present PowerPoint and video explaining how to record and upload sounds (PowerPoint slide 5, EarSketch Chapter 10 (Recording and Uploading Sounds)).
Have students upload a nature sound recording from FreeSound then use this sound in a remix and add comments to their script for attribution of the sound. (PowerPoint slide 6).