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1voteArticle gives an overview of resources to support teachers in navigating fair-use and copyright law and understanding Creative Commons.
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1voteA playful and positive look at navigating copyright regulations when creating digital media for the classroom and with students. Provides explanations and links to Public Domain and Creative Commons resources. The blog "Bionic Teaching" has a companion Powerpoint presentation - http://bionicteaching.com/?p=411.
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1vote"Section 107 of the Copyright Act allows for the fair use of material "for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research" but speaks in broad terms rather than specific instances. Fair use can extend beyond these listed purposes (note the "such as" statement in the law), but to qualify as 'fair use'..."
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1voteOver the last year, alleged psychic Uri Geller and his business associate have successfully removed many of these clips from the Web by charging that they violate his copyrights. In the 13-minute NOVA program, Geller only claims ownership of eight seconds, yet that was enough for him to file a "takedown" demand with YouTube, using ...the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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2voteOn 10/19/05, one of my MIT friend's daughter shadowed me for a day at work as part of a school project. One of the good things about spending time with children is that it forces you to explain this in simple terms. That day, I drew lots of drawings. So here is another installment Erik explaining things with drawings.
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1voteThe Sony Betamax Supreme Court decision was one of the most important "fair use" decisions of the last 25 years, but it's been a constant source of frustration for Marybeth Peters, the Register of Copyrights in the US since 1994. As head of the Copyright Office, Peters is in charge of the triennial DMCA anticircumvention review process.
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