Throughout my educational experiences, both as a student and teacher, I have noticed that some people respect copyright laws while others seek ways to cut corners...minimize their workload. Personally, I can identify with that. I never felt the need to really site sources because who would really look up my references other than a teacher! (Don't worry - I did site them all.) Anyhow, I found it interesting to approach this scenario of copyright within the educational setting from a teacher's perspective.
On the teacher tube website I found a couple of examples of media used within an educational setting that I would like to now briefly analyze. "Abbot and Costello Maths Problem" is a video clip that I can see being used in a math class to effectively teach students the what-not-to-dos in math. It would be very entertaining for students to watch and grasp their interest in learning more about math and the different ways to manipulate numbers; however, the clip is 3 minutes and 6 seconds - going over the allotted time permitted. This being said, I think that fair law should cover the rights of using the clip because it couldn't really be cut any shorter and its use would do much more good educationally than harm by going over 6 seconds.
The second media deals with the use of audio. I found the song "It's Not My Time" by 3 Doors Down. According to copyright regulations we're not supposed to use more than 30 seconds of a song, but this one has almost 5 minutes - aka the whole thing! I wasn't able to determine whether or not this was legally permissable for the website or not. Assumably, I could say that a teacher would only play 30 seconds, even if they have access to the whole song.
All-in-all copyright limitations and boundaries are sooooo tidious but necessary! It's important to have these guidelines, but sometimes I feel somewhat overly contrained when it conflicts with the best type of presentation of material to help better the educational experience for my students.
Full credit on the assignment -- good job! A few comments:
ReplyDeleteYes, going over by 6 seconds is fine. The 10% rule is kind of an estimate. It's the spirit of the law here more than the letter.
As for the tediousness and constraints of the requirements, I agree! Many people think copyright law is too restrictive and should be relaxed. But, until that happens, ethically we should do our best to follow the law. The way I get around most of the constraints is by using Creative Commons stuff, because usually that means I have permission to use the entire thing, without worrying about 10%.
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ReplyDeleteAlso, about cutting corners... I'm all about it. If it gets the job done. There are not enough hours in the day to do all the work that is expected of us and life is for enjoying, you know? So just cut away!