Week 1- Reading- Copyright and Creative Commons
As I watched the documentary Good Copy Bad Copy, one particular comment in the film struck my as pertinent, as we are all so bombarded with media we’ve been almost forced to use it as a form of art and that if someone stood on the side of the street handing out paint we would have a lot more paintings out there. I find it so difficult and ambiguous to clearly define what is considered being inspired by versus what is stealing or plagiarizing.
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When I consider these issues of copyright, creative commons, and how they effect my instruction in the classroom, it is so scary and complicated. I want to provide my students with as much knowledge and as many opportunities to truly comprehend the world around them. On the other hand, I know for a fact that I take many chances and many liberties within the four walls of my classroom to do that. It is scary to think that much of what I do is not necessarily legal but in the long run those that would be on the other end of any lawsuit are the same that I would be provide a spotlight for or enlightening my students about. Creative commons is interesting to me in that the artist in fact have the control, not some legislator or some lawyer. The artist is given the right to pick and choose what uses their work can have by others. I can’t help but wonder and worry about where the future of copyright will lead this next generation of artist coming up. I hope for this sake we do find a happy and manageable medium ground in which we continue to foster creativity.
I can’t help but consider that this idea of ownership is a much deeper and much more complicated issues than most have ever considered. Who truly owns anything? I suppose this is more philosophical than anything else. But is there such a need to profit financially off of every person or situation that directly links to us in any way. I find this idea fascinating and it affects us each more than we realize. I began in a new district last year and I teach four separate courses at a high school level. When I asked where in the building or within the district I could find shared materials, such as handouts, lesson plans, assessment materials regarding subjects or units that we must all be teaching as it is part of the state and district approved and agreed upon curriculum, I was shocked to find out that one does not exist. More over I was laughed at.
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My Comments:
I really appreciated the connections you make in your blog to the content we have explored on copyright and the sharing of ideas amongst teachers. Each and every time I have been given an inside preview to someones teaching practice I have come away more creative and inspired. I too wish more teachers were willing to share. I have found that those teachers who are actually somewhat aware of copyright are actually the most willing to share.
Creative Commons has very much benefited my instruction and sparks of creativity. In fact, I can't think of a time when I didn't find exactly what I needed through Creative Commons.
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