WEEK ONE READING: CREATIVE COMMONS FOR EVERYONE
The long and short of copyright is if you are the creator it is yours and nobody can use it unless they have your permission or you pay a royalty. For educational purposes there is a thing called Fair Use. However, if you can teach with out it then it is not Fair Use. There is nothing fair about Fair Use but the way that you use the content is the idea. This is very important in my class room because one of the projects is to research alternate energies and make a brochure. In order to complete this project the students need to look on the web for pictures of said energy then a diagram of how it works. I have a couple sites that pictures are free but if a student does it at home how am I supposed to know if it is legal or not.
I like the idea of Creative Commons trying to balance the field of All Restricted and Public Domain. This will allow our students to be creative and still get credit for their work. With out all of the laws getting in the way. I do think that the creator deserves the credit for their work. Just not sure about the money. I thought the way they handle music CD sales in Brazil was very interesting. The CD’s are given to street vendors as a promotional tool to help bring people to a concert, that is where the artist make the money, not off of the CD’s or copyrights.
The 21st century student have technology at their finger tips they speak through video and songs remixing. If we allow them to do this in schools the projects would be fantastic. However, copyright laws stand in the way of that. Creative Commons has help some, but more people need to put things on there.
LAUREN SCHNECK
Tina,
I know exactly what you mean about needing media for student projects and worrying that you are breaking the law while simply doing a project. I am always looking for quality images and video that I can use for educational purposes and I am constantly nervous about whether or not what I am using is appropriate. I think you make a good point that creative commons not only protects the work of those who's media we are using but it allows for students to get credit for their work as well. I think that you are right, if children were free to create like they do on their own time, education would be a very different concept.
I know exactly what you mean about needing media for student projects and worrying that you are breaking the law while simply doing a project. I am always looking for quality images and video that I can use for educational purposes and I am constantly nervous about whether or not what I am using is appropriate. I think you make a good point that creative commons not only protects the work of those who's media we are using but it allows for students to get credit for their work as well. I think that you are right, if children were free to create like they do on their own time, education would be a very different concept.
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