Dara’s Original Post:
Week 1 Reading:
Copyright Issues
Copyright is one of those umbrella issues when you think
about it. By that, I mean that it covers over or is built on the spokes
of plagiarism, law, and fair use. The video that bought this point to
light for me is the one called "A Shared Culture" (Creative Commons
video). From the video, I not only got a clearer understanding of the
Creative Commons elements but how to identify and properly use the attributes
within it. I noticed that a lot of the things in the video focused on the
advent of emerging technologies and the need to enforce copyright even though
the Internet or web is supposed to be seen as a 'free frontier.' As an
educator and student, I have used items that are copyright free but know the
importance of giving credit to the originator of items that I use from the
Internet and to list where necessary, the attribute of an image I have
connected to a project or presentation. I will break down how I see the
three terms I have listed as the spokes. The first spoke is plagiarism,
which is the taking of other's work primarily in written format.
Copyright is above this in that you are limited in the work of others
that you can take and use for your project or presentation as well as any and
all things that are created by someone that is their music, images, etc.
The second spoke is law. There are more copyright laws out there
than those related to plagiarism and re-branding. They are enforced in
educational, business, and social settings. The other spoke is fair use.
Fair use was said to mean that a small part of a work can be used for (in
my case) educational or teaching purposes. As is relates to copyright,
you can fairly use a bit of images or video that are copyrighted as long as it
is a necessary piece of the activity for the learner or student and no other
options are available.
Source:
Image- Umbrella. Retrieved from http://images2.pics4learning.com/catalog/u/umbrella.jpg
Quoted video- Blip.TV video: A Shared Culture produced
by CreativeCommons.org, retrieved from http://blip.tv/file/1192356/ on
5/3/2012
My comments:
Dara, when I watched the videos I was overwhelmed. There was so much to take in and
understand. I had to watch some of the
videos several times or at least rewind.
I did enjoy the information and it has made me think twice or three
times about what pictures or videos I post or use. Before that I had no idea of the seriousness
that came with copyright laws. But now,
believe me it’s different. This world
has a big problem and trying to explain the solution is almost impossible, but
do-able. When I read your blog, the fact
that you used the analogy of an umbrella made everything come to light. Your idea combines everything that was
mentioned on the videos and it made the whole topic simple.
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