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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: 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
Copyright Basics:
Definition of Copyright:
* Permanently fixed work that can be seen or heard
* Only copyright owner can use the work
What can be Copyrighted:
* books
* plays
* films/movies
* dance
* music
Copyright Duration
* lifetime + 70 years – company 100 years
10 Myths About Copyright Explained by Brad Templeton
1. “If it doesn’t have a copyright notice, it’s not copyrighted.”
2. “If I don’t charge for it, it’s not a violation.”
3. “If it’s posted to Usenet it’s in the public domain.”
4. “My posting was just fair use!”
5. “If you don’t defend your copyright you lose it.”
6. “If I make up my own stories, but base them on another work, my new work belongs to me.”
7. “They can’t get me, defendants in court have powerful rights!”
8. “Oh, so copyright violation isn’t a crime or anything?”
9. “It doesn’t hurt anybody — in fact it’s free advertising.”
10. “They e-mailed me a copy, so I can post it.”
11. “So I can’t ever reproduce anything?”
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:
- 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.
- Please look at pre-session videos and information listed above. We will be discussing Copyright. Hint: If you don’t know what these words mean, you might want to do a little research on these words.
- Go to our Wimba site at: http://fullsail.wimba.com/ and go to the EMDT MAC Virtual Classroom
- Be Prepared to discuss this week’s activities & project
- Course Q&A/Open discussion
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: What is a Copyright? by Nathan Boehme/Expert Village, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es848GfNY retrieved on 6/8/2009
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
