Read "Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video." What questions and/or concerns do you have regarding your own use or student use of materials?
My biggest concern is that Fair Use is such a gray area that I'm insecure about my ability to teach it effectively. But I'm somewhat cheered by this article, which clarified it for me more than anything else I've read. The focus on the transformative aspect as the key factor is very helpful. Educational use is a factor that matters to us that the article doesn't address, and I'm concerned too about how that is defined: if students post their mashup assignments on YouTube do they cease to be merely assignments?
Without a doubt, my greatest concern is that the rules seem to constantly change. How can I determine what is acceptable when it is evolving and still being debated? When will a standard be adopted that we can apply in our classrooms?
My concerns would be if I asked students to complete a media project would I be encouraging or allowing them to violate fair use or copyright. Do I teach fair use/copyright in my class? Should it be taught somewhere else? How would I define/ID the grey area for my students?
my biggest concerns is that students need to atribute borrowed media material. I've seen other work submitted in other courses that ostensibly required documentation, but didn't hold students responsible when they didn't document.
It seems that fair use is in the "eye of the beholder." I find solace in that if the use or inclusion of copyrighted material is in a work is not created specifically for material gain, you seem to be in the clear. Or maybe not.
Furthermore, I know that ignorance of the law is not an acceptable excuse for breaking it. Or is it?
I think all the comments above sum up the whole problem. I think some discussion of fair use has to go along with any video assignment, but that as long as it is for educational use and "transformative", it probably is doable in the classroom.
My biggest concern is that Fair Use is such a gray area that I'm insecure about my ability to teach it effectively. But I'm somewhat cheered by this article, which clarified it for me more than anything else I've read. The focus on the transformative aspect as the key factor is very helpful. Educational use is a factor that matters to us that the article doesn't address, and I'm concerned too about how that is defined: if students post their mashup assignments on YouTube do they cease to be merely assignments?
ReplyDeleteWithout a doubt, my greatest concern is that the rules seem to constantly change. How can I determine what is acceptable when it is evolving and still being debated? When will a standard be adopted that we can apply in our classrooms?
ReplyDeleteMy concerns would be if I asked students to complete a media project would I be encouraging or allowing them to violate fair use or copyright. Do I teach fair use/copyright in my class? Should it be taught somewhere else? How would I define/ID the grey area for my students?
ReplyDeletemy biggest concerns is that students need to atribute borrowed media material. I've seen other work submitted in other courses that ostensibly required documentation, but didn't hold students responsible when they didn't document.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that fair use is in the "eye of the beholder." I find solace in that if the use or inclusion of copyrighted material is in a work is not created specifically for material gain, you seem to be in the clear. Or maybe not.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, I know that ignorance of the law is not an acceptable excuse for breaking it. Or is it?
I think all the comments above sum up the whole problem. I think some discussion of fair use has to go along with any video assignment, but that as long as it is for educational use and "transformative", it probably is doable in the classroom.
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