Fair Use or Misuse October 14, 2007
Posted by Matthew Woolums in Articles/Videos, Fair Use.trackback
eSchool News online digs into a report on fair use from researchers at Temple University’s Media Education Lab, American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, and American University School of Communication’s Center for Social Media. The report makes the point that teachers are confused about fair use, and that results in some teacher being too cautious which compromises the content of their class, while other teachers are not cautious enough which can put the teacher/school/district at risk of violating copyright laws.
The report recommends a two-pronged solution to the problem: First, teachers should learn more about the “clear and unambiguous rights” they already enjoy under copyright law; and second, the education community should develop and disseminate a “code of practice” for the fair use of copyrighted materials by educators.
The article also includes a link to the report itself.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryRSS.cfm?ArticleID=7430
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