I want to first start this off by saying, I
have learned a lot about copyrights! As I was aware of what copyrights were I
was unaware of the amount of details and the actual legal rights that were out
there on this issue. I think since I
have never really planned on using any of my material for anything more than
teaching that I have ever really looked into the legal requirements of
copyright. I am astonished that there
are so many publications that even come
out with such strict requirements. My
eyes are really open now to what goes into make things like a history
textbook. Since most of what is in those
textbooks are not new ideas, the legality of it all is a huge undertaking.
With all that being said for my project since
it is going to be used for educational use and not for a profit I believe that
the “Fair Use” clause will work for the most of my work. I was
also amused with the video, “A Fair(y) Use Tale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo
The website Teachers Pay Teachers has a strict
copyright policy. On their page they
have a layout of what is expected of each participant and what will be done if
any infringements take place or they will review any material that is in
question. When I first heard of this
site I thought to myself that it is so hard to come up with 100% brand new materials
all the time and that this site would be a good one. Then I second guessed myself and thought how
100% is the material on it, can all of this people really recreate new
material, or is it 75% old material that is tweaked into new stuff. I have taught for 13 years and have made
others material my own, but does that really make it mine? In my defense I always gave all my material
as it was so given to me. I never sold any
materials for money so I felt ok with it.
Using Teachers pay Teachers can probable cause some legality issues for
people who are not being 100% true with their material. Ethically if you make up material that is
100% yours then there is no issue. I
think the ethical problem is for those who alter others and claim it for
themselves.
Patricia
ReplyDeleteI also rely on the idea of fair use, but I do try and find as many materials as possible in the public domain or materials with a creative commons license. Since I do use a lot of images in my work, I am careful to always cite originals (something that I was not careful to do in my early web years)