Tag Archives: copyright

Offering creative commons photos

I am doing a little research because I am interested in exploring creative commons resources. I am particularly interested in photos. I know that Google offers a great service to search for photos offered under creative commons licenses. I am … Continue reading

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Copyright – classroom and online

From time to time, it is important for educators to review the expectations for honoring copyright. Educators and their students use content prepared by others as part of the work of education and copyright expectations apply to this material. Here … Continue reading

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Online in Times of Crisis and Copyright

Educators in nearly every district are finishing out the year meeting their students online. Those of us who prepare teachers to use technology are attempting to offer suggestions for how educators could (not necessarily should) work with students under present … Continue reading

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Copyright law could change

Technology has always made copyright law a topic more should attempt to understand. It became easy to copy and paste all kinds of creative works whether music, text, or imagery. Certainly, educators take advantage of copy and paste opportunities hopefully … Continue reading

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Heinemann concerned with educator resale of copyrighted content

Cindy forwarded this post from the Heinemann blog site. The post outlines Heinemann’s effort to clearly state their position regarding copyright as some educators have obviously taken content from Heinemann sources and repurposed what has been copied as part of … Continue reading

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YouTube and Copyrighted Music

The issue of copyright comes up so often with ed tech folks. Music is likely one of the greatest challenges because students understand the power of music in expanding the power of their message. This can lead to problems. Here … Continue reading

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The frustration of accepting there is no answer

Dealing with and explaining fair use has long been a frustration. I keep thinking I need to find the definition explanation and then I will understand. It is difficult to accept there is no such source and even lawyers (unless … Continue reading

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Beware of copyright

Cindy forwarded to me the link to a blog post describing a copyright complaint. This blogger assumed acknowledging the source allowed use of a photo. Not so.

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Open education and SOPA

I am a big defender of copyright. This does not make me anti open-source. As a content creator, I should have the right to offer content in any way I want as long as it is content I created. Those … Continue reading

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Tools for Copying

I have made a serious attempt to understand copyright and what constitutes a copyright violation. Sometimes I reason by way of analogy. I know that as an academic, I can copy an article from a journal in the library  for … Continue reading

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