Copy Right Activity
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. She recommends sites such as Sports Illustrated, ESPN, DOD, Rock Music Hall of Fame. They make great presentations and become great kids. What are the copyright implications??
As stated in this site, teachers are permitted to get images and information from the internet for educational purposes. They need to keep in mind that they cannot make products and put them back out on the web or sell them without getting permission and documenting where the items came from. I would also encourage the students to read all of the fine print to see if the images are copyright protected and what that means . But as long as the images are contained in a secure network and are deleted when the course is finished, the learning to develop a Power Point presentation with the teaching of copyright laws, the project idea is a good one.
Mrs. Urdvardy, a music teacher, downloads MP3 files from the Web and uses them to instruct her students in the various kinds of music. She allows students to copy the files and take them home, listen to them and complete a worksheet.
MP3 files are archived and can be obtained legitimately according to the Techlearning.com The buyer just needs to make sure that the MP3 files came straight from the source. However, I think that the teacher is pushing her limits by making copies and sending them home. She is protected under fair use to play the file in class and her students do the worksheet, because it is for educational purposes with face to face instruction. By making all of the extra copies she is infringing on the companies profits.