Thinking Out Loud About Copyright
June 9, 2009 by joe.bustillos
Filed under education re-examined, featured
Thinking a lot about copyright. In my course at Full Sail I cover copyright, Creative Commons, Fair Use and netiquette related to copyright in two one-hour sessions. Well, actually session one was mostly about Creative Commons and the second session was mostly about Fair Use. I’m good but I found myself stumbling around, going back and forth to make sure that my students understood what Copyright really meant. Not smart. So, I need to redistribute the info into three sessions: 1) Copyright, 2) Fair Use and 3) Creative Commons. (Note to my current students: I’m not going to spring this change on you ’cause that would mean that you’d have to cover the following material and be ready to discuss it in less than 22-hours. Not fair). So the following is a working prototype:
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 When: Second week Tuesday OR Thursday @ 8:30 pm EST (you only need to attend one session per week)Intro to Copyright Pre-Session Videos & Information: Please make sure to preview the following videos and read through the information listed below before our session together What can be Copyrighted: Copyright Duration 10 Myths About Copyright Explained by Brad Templeton Please go to Templeton’s site and review his essay and comments. We will be discussing his comments during our wimba session. This optional last video, Good Copy/Bad Copy, is a one-hour documentary on the controversy around issues of copyright and new media. Warning: This video contains “adult language” and disturbing images. Wimba Instructions: 1. Please make sure you have your headset plugged in and on. I will be turning on the video cam, so have a light on and a smile on your face. Finally, please make every effort to be here – we benefit from each others’ input, questions and concerns. If you cannot attend the expectation is that you will review the archive of the session and then create a blog entry with the title: “Week X Wimba session X” and write a paragraph (minimum 5 sentences) about your thoughts or comments on the archived session. For attendees the blog entry is optional. Both attendees & non-attendees please make sure to click the DONE button at the bottom of this page. Sources: Youtube video: How to Copyright : Learn What Cannot Be Protected Under Copyright Law by Nathan Boehme/Expert Village, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAfKVg4SACY retrieved on 6/8/2009 10 Myths About Copyright Explained by Brad Templeton, http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html retrieved on 6/8/2009 Blip.tv video: Good Copy, Bad Copy Directed by ANDREAS JOHNSEN, RALF CHRISTENSEN, HENRIK MOLTKE (http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/), http://www.blip.tv/file/359180/ retrieved on 6/8/2009 |
