All Blog Posts Tagged 'copyright' (7)

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video

Some interesting examples here.

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video

Added by Zack Dowell on May 18, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Illegal Email - LOL WUT?

Santa Rosa Junior College claims that student/faculty private emails at Google, Yahoo, etc. containing the acronym sjrc are "illegal"

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090507/ARTICLES/905079854/1350

So much for the Singing Railroad Jamboree Club I was going to start.... Maybe I'm safe because I don't work there?

Dumb.

Added by Zack Dowell on May 8, 2009 at 3:02pm — 2 Comments

Hannah Montana vs. the First-sale Doctrine

I bought a Camp Rock sticker from a vending machine on a lark, and found this on the back:

“This product is intended solely for non-commercial home use. No license has been granted to apply this product to decorate articles which will thereafter be sold. Any such use is an infringement of the copyright in the characters portrayed and is specifically prohibited.”

Surely you would be protected by the First-sale Doctrine if you were to stick this sticker on a lunch box and… Continue

Added by Zack Dowell on April 28, 2009 at 2:35pm — No Comments

Create a Student-Friendly Google Search Engine

By Alix E. Peshette

Cross-posted from The Impetuous Geek

The web is an expansive collection of the good, the bad and the ugly. Wouldn’t it be great if our students could search online in a safe environment? What if teachers could focus student searches towards specific resources? Sounds complicated and full of java scripts and html?

Welcome to the happy collision of…

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Added by Alix E. Peshette on December 5, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Multimedia and Music: Remix, Reuse

Cross-posted from The Impetuous Geek

By Alix E. Peshette

Technology has expanded many of the traditional ideas of how students can show evidence of learning. So, it’s no surprise that many students elect to create multimedia presentations. Images, video, narration and sound tracks are combined to produce an engaging product. Naturally enough, students often share… Continue

Added by Alix E. Peshette on September 7, 2008 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

Presentation for kids and copyright

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Added by Karen Fasimpaur on May 20, 2008 at 6:48pm — No Comments

Kids, copyright, and open ed - one of the biggest learning experiences of the year

This week I had one of my best classroom experiences of the year. I had the opportunity to teach a bunch of middle school kids about copyright and open ed.

It was an incredibly active and engaging discussion, and I learned as much as they did.

A summary of my observations is below. (cross posted from my Mobile Musings blog)

Here is the lesson plan and accompanying resources if anyone wants to use them:…

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Added by Karen Fasimpaur on May 16, 2008 at 2:29pm — 2 Comments