I loved the Disney video! That was just fun! I think that the videos helped a lot to understand fair use and copyright laws. However, I still think that copyright law is a thing of lawyers and clearly financial. I have a friend that works in the US Patent office and I was discussing copyright law with him this week. It is a confusing thing to mess around with patented or copyrighted materials. I have songs and poems that I have written and I would hate for someone else to take them and get paid for work I’d done. On the other hand, when I am creating something for my students I find that I would love to use a clip of something that really illustrates my point. I think that properly understanding fair use would simplify the quandary that we as teachers find ourselves in from time to time.
@Kimberly I agree with your statement. The use of fair rights law has been a controversial issue for many of us for some time. I think that the financial aspect of most of the copyright material laws has become a harsh reality of our world. Too much of the world is money hungry and I think at times we just look for more ways to help ourselves financially. I too loved the disney movie and it helped to put things about fair use into such an easy to understand format. It was great.
I loved the Disney video! That was just fun! I think that the videos helped a lot to understand fair use and copyright laws. However, I still think that copyright law is a thing of lawyers and clearly financial. I have a friend that works in the US Patent office and I was discussing copyright law with him this week. It is a confusing thing to mess around with patented or copyrighted materials. I have songs and poems that I have written and I would hate for someone else to take them and get paid for work I’d done. On the other hand, when I am creating something for my students I find that I would love to use a clip of something that really illustrates my point. I think that properly understanding fair use would simplify the quandary that we as teachers find ourselves in from time to time.
@Kimberly
I agree with your statement. The use of fair rights law has been a controversial issue for many of us for some time. I think that the financial aspect of most of the copyright material laws has become a harsh reality of our world. Too much of the world is money hungry and I think at times we just look for more ways to help ourselves financially. I too loved the disney movie and it helped to put things about fair use into such an easy to understand format. It was great.