"Copyright has always been a major issue in my classes as I teach video production and broadcast classes.
I try to have a lesson on Copyright each year before we even start the course to try and explain the best I can to middle schoolers what Copyright actually is. Most adults don’t even understand Copyright law, so you see my struggle with teaching this to this age group.
In the video it was mentioned that a common misconception is “if I don’t charge for it, it’s not a violation.” This has been a common mistake in education and using it for “school purposes.” Many of our students and fellow teachers always seemed to try and use this excuse. One way I got around copyright when I was a producer for Texas Tech University, we actually had an ASCAP and BMI license that ended up covering the university as a whole, so we got to use several songs in our commercials without violating that Copyright.
A couple of areas that I still haven’t found a clear explanation are on parodies and fair use, the actual amount of footage you can use without permissions.
I liked all of the myths that were shown in the video. Maybe you can add the other violation of actually playing music you purchased to a house full of people or a classroom full of students being a violation of Copyright and distribution (unless of course, this has been changed again)."
Posted by Rowdy319 at 2:53 PM
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Meghan Bassett said...
"I agree with your final statement! While were busy trying to pinpoint copyright infringement, I guess copyright laws really could spin out of control and ruin all use of music and/or videos if were not careful.
I also wonder if parodies are fair use. I know my administrators have done parodies before without a second thought. Good luck explaining that to middle schoolers. Luckily they can understand rules, so hopefully you don't have any issues there!
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