The following is a brief compilation of our on-line moderated discussion on Copyright and Fair Use on WebCT for EDCI 660 Ed Tech Seminar. I won't guarantee that the links still work - but they were all working during the class.

Compiled Messages

Message no. 1518 posted by Jeanne Winstead (jmwinste) on Tue Apr 02, 2002 10:08
Subject Soooooooo ... You THINK You Want to ...
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Want to create things with
them?
   
You need a crash course in copyright...



 
 sure it's law, but don't let that  you
 



The
Copyright Crash Course © 2001 Georgia K.
Harper


For openers, we're going to ask you to read the attached
article by Sylvia White, New Media in the Classroom and
Copyright: A Guide to Fair Use. ;)

Jill and Jeanne
Message no. 1520 posted by Jeanne Winstead (jmwinste) on Tue Apr 02, 2002 10:22
Subject Go Tell It to the Judge! 
As you all know, this week's topic is on copyright and
fair use. As the case depicted below (Leibovitz vs.
Paramount) suggests, the issue of copyright can be
divided into 'what is right' and 'what is fair.' 



Leibovitz
vs Paramount Studios


Jill and I thought it would be 'fun' to 'cook up' our
own scenarios about copyright/fair use. Here they are.  

1. You have been given the task of helping a
professor develop instruction that will be delivered via
a 2-way video system. Since s/he will be broadcasting
instructional CD-ROM's, videos, journal articles,
images, etc, please state what you think would violate
copyright and if there would be a way to use these items
legally. 

2. Professor Ertmer wants to use a symphony recording
of Mozart in her classroom. Can she legally use it? 

3. In this disucssion we have included a .pdf file
that you were all to download. We will tell you that
Jill "stole" this article from a restricted website and
converted it to a .pdf ourselves so that we could easily
distribute it to all of you. Have we done something
illegal? 

4. Jeanne lifted some HTML code and wording straight
off The Copyright Crash Course website to include in the
introductory post and then modified it to fit her
purposes in this WebCT class. Has she done something
illegal? -:o 

5. In order to have a 'practice area' to mock up
these posts for this class, Jeanne installed Darryl
Burgdorf's WebBBS message board script on her
husband's furniture refinishing website. Should Jeanne
pay Darryl the ~$60 shareware license fee? 

Please discuss these cases and we will give you some
feedback/answers later in the week. If you feel somewhat
lost in tackling these questions, check out our post
entitled resources and also please share your own
experiences/conundrums related to copyright/fair use.

Jill and Jeanne
Message no. 1523 posted by Jeanne Winstead (jmwinste) on Tue Apr 02, 2002 10:34
Subject What's YOUR CIQ? ;) 
At the Copyright
Crash Course website, there is a  Crash
Course Tutorial for Distance Learning environments.

You can take the tutorial or go straight to the test.

So what's your Copyright IQ?

Jeanne and Jill

P.S. This activity is optional.
Message no. 1524 posted by Jeanne Winstead (jmwinste) on Tue Apr 02, 2002 10:40
Subject New Wine, Old Bottles? 
From the advent of xerox machines and vcrs to the latest
and greatest copying capabilities that come standard on
most home computers to the freedom of the World Wide
Web, we ask you all the question:

Are Copyright Laws outdated in this new Digital Era? 

Read the following article and give us your opinions!

New
Wine/Old Bottles?

Jill and Jeanne