Legality Issues | Origin: EL114
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Respecting Copyrights and Leveraging Available Resources --> Legality Issues
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This content scares me -- I've attended copyright training in the past, but I certainly could use a refresher in what I can and cannot do. I also think that leaving for-profit institutions out in the cold makes it unnecessarily difficult for instructors -- many of whom work for both profit and non-profit schools.
One thing that I learned was that when the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, Section 107, was legislated, "It is known as the fair use section, and educators since then have been using it as a means to obtain and use copyrighted materials."
Of course instructors have to consider the rights of fair use.
Fair use and TEACH act are for non-profit institutions only.
In this module I could review history of copyright purpose and evoluton trough time.
We as instructors find ourselves faced with the need to not merely find material that we can use with our students, but also to ensure that we do so in a manner that honors intellectual property rights.
In this module, I have learned about vital source of information on U.S. copyright concerns is the Copyright Clearance Center.
It was interesting to find out that instructors caan be heavily fined for copy right infringement.
Copy right abuse is something that can happen very easy when you are trying to prep for your class and to find supporting meanigful material. You-tube has been a life saver.
To know about copyright laws is something basic and relevant int the process of constructing a course on line.
Fair use is explained well. Determining the "necessity" of the work can be tricky. However, fair use doesn't apply to online learning in for-profit schools, as is my understanding.
As adjunct on-line faculty for a for-profit university, I found the potential legal ramifications to be very interesting material (it definitely induced an eyebrow raise!) Starting immediately, I will ask myself if something is necessary for student learning, which I think it isn't in most cases.
Students see no harm in in copying and pasting from their internet sources. These modules gave an excellent history of the origin of copyright laws in the US. Defining the factors that go into fair trade provide opporttunity to share with fellow instructors.
It was good to see that Fair Use explained easily into a 4 part process to make sure you are doing it correctly. I will use these 4 steps in my classroom to teach about Fair Use in our copyright and ethics unit of the class.
