Cheryl Booker
SLM 521
Fall 2003
Copyright, Piracy,
and Ethics
What are the guidelines
for teachers and students using copyrighted resources? Two scenarios are analyzed.
- Scenario
#1 – Mr. Hamer is
tutoring for the functional writing test out of a copyrighted series of
work books from Houghton Mifflin. He has 27 students but only 20 books
were purchased for his class. The same material is available at the HM web
page. He prints enough pages for his kids each morning for today's class.
“Fair Use Guidelines” make it very clear
that “consumable works” should not be copied, such as workbooks and
standardized tests. If Mr. Hamer needed to make a single copy, he would be within the
guidelines. But, he will be printing out
more than one copy and therefore must follow the guidelines for “multiple
copies”. Mr. Hamer
needs to contact HM and have the 7 books sent right away. Until then, some students will need to pair
up and share.
- Scenario
#2 - A teacher in
your school (who has a really rowdy bunch of monsters) makes an agreement
with them that they learn how to make power point presentations on sports,
war, hunting, rock music and such. She lets them get graphics from
anywhere on the Internet. Sites such as Sports Illustrated, ESPN. DOD,
The “Fair Use Guidelines” for Educational
Multimedia makes it possible for students to use small portions of copyrighted
material without permission for the creation of multimedia products. The products have
to be for educational use only and to achieve an instructional objective. There
are some limitations to how the projects should be retained and stored and the
amount of copyrighted material that can be included. Also, students are required to credit the
source of their material, display the copyright notice, and display copyright
ownership information in their presentations.
For more information on
copyright and fair use check out these sites:
Ten Common Copyright
Permission Myths - http://www.copylaw.com/new_articles/copy_myths.html
Visit Copyright Bay- http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/
Take
the Copyright Quiz -http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright_quiz.html
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