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The copyright videos were interesting and a little overwhelming. I was totally oblivious to the depth of the piracy on media. The film “Good Copy/Bad Copy” opened my eyes to the extent of the piracy not only on music but on the motion picture industry as well. I have always wondered about those advertisements at the beginning of DVD’s about piracy being against the law. I guess I thought it was geared more towards big time offenders than just everyday people.
The top ten copyright myths by Brad Templeton were also very
fascinating. Several have been discussed in depth at my school. (“If you don’t
charge for it, it’s not a violation”)
This program at Full Sail has certainly heightened my
awareness of copyright issues. I have on numerous occasions searched for
copyright free images and have been disappointed when I open the image. Most images appear with the statement
“This image may be subject to copyright”.
What does that really mean? Where can I find material?
As I am immersed into the legal and illegal aspects of
copyrighting this month, I hope to gain the necessary information to better educate
my students.
We must prepare our students for success in the future by
urging them to create original work and educating them on the laws of
copyrighting.
Piracy is really hard to stop! Nice Blog!...Daniel
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ReplyDeleteI also have been frustrated and unsure about where to find images I can use with out spending what takes me a lot of time trying to see if I can use them or not. I am not great at navigating the copyright trail yet. I am aware of the extent of piracy due to my foreign travel experiences. At any port or open market place in Greece you see immigrants selling all kinds of "knock-offs" including accessories like handbags and sunglasses, and pirated music and videos...everywhere...in huge quantities! The other place I've seen this is in New York City....HUGE!
Jana,
ReplyDeleteI understand your frustration in the search for copyright free material. This has been a continuing discussion with colleagues. Here are some resources that have been offered to me:
http://www.jasonohler.com/storytelling/storytech.cfm#copyright
Scroll down the page until you find the sections titled: "Free Sound, Music and Graphic Resources"
More Resources: http://users.mhc.edu/facultystaff/awalter//Brim%20site/index.html
http://www.mobygratis.com/film-music
http://www.youtube.com/mobygratis
http://freeplaymusic.com/
http://creativecommons.org/
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
http://www.archive.org/details/movies
http://www.sounddogs.com/catsearch.asp?Type=1
http://www.jamendo.com/en/
Several tech people in my district also offered membership sites for stock material. I have not registered for any of these sites myself, however it is another option. Hope this helps.
I found the amount of videos to also be overwhelming. I broke up my time watching them over two nights and even re-watched a few sections of the Creative Commons videos. It seems like finding something online that you are ok to use is such a daunting task. It is SOO easy to find something and use it yet the consequence can be outrageous. I hope you found the videos in Part 3 about Creative Commons as helpful as I did. I am now making it mandatory for my students that for all assignments that use outside images they must be taken from creative commons and must not have the non-dirivitive icon. This lesson has also sparked the idea in me that we need to cover copyright right from the start instead of waiting until the second term. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI related to you "ignoring" those opening warnings in the beginning thinking these were for big time offenders. I never thought that using movies in class was piracy. It turns out, as I understand it, I can't use my Netflix account to get a movie for my students to watch, I can show clips from the movie. But showing the whole movie is against the agreement. I too have felt overwhelmed in trying to find images, or other copyright free material. Thank you Leah for the list of sites, I have noted them and will most certainly check those out. Finally, I love your solution Jana, to have more students create their own work and share that original work, free of fear of copyright. I also love Creative Commons as a solution. I don't want to feel restricted as an educator on what I can do, and getting a handle on this copyright code will allow me to educate my students as well.
ReplyDeleteJana,
ReplyDeleteIsn't it funny that we can see and be reminded of something everyday, and not really know what it is? Those messages at the beginning of movies threaten us and scare us, but most of us never have really fully understood why. Obviously many people out there don't need to worry about copyright because their jobs and daily lives don't require creative use of images, videos and audio. But for those of us who do have to worry, it can be quite frustrating to find something we can use without having to face serious consequences. I wish every image, video or audio resource on the internet was clearly marked with user permissions. When it says, "it may be subject to copyright" it isn't helping anyone. That doesn't help the creator, because some people may interpret it as, go ahead and use it. And it doesn't help the users because we may decide not to touch it because we are afraid of copyright infringement. I agree that it is frustrating, but we are (in my opinion) still in the developing stages of defining copyright, therefore, it may be frustrating now, but hopefully in a few years things will be more clearly defined and we will have an easier time finding material. Good luck!
It is a bit problem that we need to be aware of and i'm glad that the videos helped. It's unfortunate that so many organizations that should know better are not very proactive in their approach. I generally go to http://flickr.com/creativecommons and see if there's something there that I can use, or microsoft.com and their download clipart. I wish it were simpler.
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