So, this time I decide to just start with the US Copyright Office and see what they had to say, here are their definitions:
Copyright—is a form of protection that is grounded in the Constitution and is available for both published and unpublished works.
Fair Use—a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair, such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
There are also four things to consider with fair use; the purpose of the use, the nature of the work, the amount used and the effect on the copyrighted material.
Now when it came to creative common license I couldn’t find a whole lot besides court cases and responses.
Creative Common License—a way to copyright your own works but still allow others to use it in a non-commercial way while giving credit to the source.
When it comes to students and copyright laws I think the ones that they are most likely to violate are the music and videos. It is still too easy to rip a CD and share it with everyone. Universities have really tried to crack down on students downloading copyrighted music over the internet and some have been expelled for infractions.
For educator’s I think it is easiest/safest would be to just use information with creative common license but I am not sure that is what we all do. I believe most just bank on the fact that it is for educational purposes that will cover them in a lawsuit.
Creative Commons License, http://creativecommons.org/
US Copyright Office, http://www.copyright.gov/
Oh, you had to start from the dullest... just kidding :) Great info!
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