I didn't realize that there were so many little things that needed to be taken into consideration when using a material from someone else. In the case studies, when I brushed over them, I thought that it was easy to know whether or not the person in the study needed to ask permission to use material. After reading through them a little more, it seemed to be a little more complicated than that.
Something that I found to be very interesting, was that the Copyright Law applies the moment there is something tangible. I never would have thought that something written on a napkin would be eligible.
It will be very useful to know about the Copyright Laws!
I love how you mentioned the tangible aspect. I always thought that in order to have something copyrighted, you had to go to a law firm or something and get it officially copyrighted. But I love the idea that you can write something on a napkin or on your computer and it is automatically copyrighted. It makes me feel safer about sharing my work with others.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I am the same as you. I thought that the copyright law was pretty self-explanatory. But then once you really get thinking about it... It really adds to the To Do list!
ReplyDeleteVery insightful Abby. It is good for us to know as future educators what steps we need to take to follow copyright rules.
ReplyDeleteI also was pretty surprised that once it is tangible it is copyrighted. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteVery well put. I honestly feel the same way and didn't realize the little things you needed to look at and kind of how hard it is.
ReplyDeletedefinitely the copyright laws are empowering because they promote creativity. But it is good also that there are fair use guidelines to allow teachers some flexibility so they can use resources to teach kids in some circumstances.
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