From reading about copyright this week, I learned a lot about what teachers can and cannot do. What surprised me was that teachers should not copy a page out of a text book or workbook. So many of my teachers give out handouts of photocopied pages, and I never thought anything of it. However, after completeing the readings and watching the assigned videos I learned that teachers should not do this. It is, as I understand it, considered fair use if the teacher photocopied it for one use and just did not have time to ask permission to use the material. As long as the teacher does not continue to use this material year after year, without permission, she is not violating copyright.
As stated above, I have seen many teachers and professors copy material from books and use it in the classroom. I do not know, however, if they got permission or whehter they used the material in future years. If they did then they were violoating copyright.
Outside of school, on the other hand, I have known people who download music from the internet and share it with other people.
I believe that it is my job to teach copyright respect to my students. I will teach them this by explaining to them what copyright is and what they can and cannot do with copyrighted materials. I will explain fair use and what public domain is. Playing copyright jeopardy, like we did in class, would be a fun way for the students to learn about copyright, as well.
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