Sunday, March 7, 2010

Copyright

Well, I've always heard about the fair use law with copyright, and I've heard that it generally favors on the teacher's side of things. But I realized that feature-length films (like I watched so many times in school) are not keeping with the fair use agreement unless the teacher has permission to show it or the owners of the film have publicly stated that the film can be used for educational purposes (like showing it in a classroom).



This could be used in the classroom by the fair use law because of its length (under 3 minutes), but the teacher didn't site the source--which you would definitely want to do. I would definitely do it, anyway, because I love the animaniacs.



Anyone who has heard "Who's on first?" can appreciate Abbot and Costello and this fun video to show in a math class. If I were a math teacher I would take this 3-minute clip (that's fair) and show it in a class, citing Abbot and Costello.

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