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The Center for Social Media is a project of the School of Communication at the American University in Washington, D.C. The Center in conjunction with the Media Education Lab at Temple University in Philadelphia and The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, a project of the Washington College of Law at the American University in Washington D.C. has developed a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education. The National Council of Teachers of English is signatory to the document, along with various other legal and educational groups. The code was funded by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and The Ford Foundation through the Future of Public Media Project. (Annotation by Larry Michaud - UW-Stout E-Learning Practicum)
Here's a breakthrough tool to help all teachers better understand copyright and fair use.
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education helps educators gain confidence about their rights to use copyrighted materials in developing students' critical thinking and communication skills.
Joyce Valenza's work on fair use is always worth thinking about.
Clever use of Disney clips to make important conceptual points about copyright and fair use. The amusing and ironic part of all this is the in-famous chill the Disney company has put on educational fair use. By all means watch this video!
Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms.
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Stanford professor and lawyer who represented web site operator Eric Eldred in the case Eldred v. Ashcroft.
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Ah, it seems that the use of intellectual property in schools may still be complex and worrisome even with new fair use guidelines with many interrelated moral decisions that need to be made. And, of course, there is another entire body of ethical choices around the personal, non-educational use of IP.
Take 5 minutes and open your mind to a new way of thinking about copyright and fair use. It's time for educators to understand fair use as a protection and a mandate to use copyrighted materials to promote the greater good.
The Center for Social Media showcases and analyzes strategies to use media as creative tools for public knowledge and action. It focuses on social documentaries for civil society and democracy, and on the public media environment that supports them. The Center is part of the School of Communication at American University.
Detailed 'webliography' of copyright and fair use resources. Includes links to micromodules and flash games. Annotations give you a solid idea of the content of each website. Prepared by 21st Century Information Fluency Staff
Valenza, Joyce. NeverendingSearch Blog. Fair use and transformativeness: It may shake your world [blog]. april 1, 2008 [cites 8 November 2008] Available from the Internet. < http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1420024142.html >
We all know that copyright & fair use are 'gray area' issues in this web 2.0 world of ours. It's difficult to teach these concepts without also considering the exceptions and 'what if' scenarios that we bump into daily on the open web. Valenza explores new ideas and definitions that extend the boundaries of fair use.
This month we bring you a list of sites to help teach students about copyright and deal with copyright issues at your school.
Fair use and transformativeness: It may shake your world
Joyce Valenza on fair use in a web 2.0 world
Microsoft has just come out with a new survey on student’s attitudes towards online copyright. The research suggests that very few students have a strong understanding of the issue
On Jamendo artists allow anyone to download and share their music. It's free, legal and unlimited
copyright and fair use in preparation of powepoint presentations
Videos and comics explaining creative commons licensing. authoritative site
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