Copyright and Fair Use SR

One question that had me disagree with the answer was question number three. The question was if a school has a slower running program in most computers and a faster and better version in a few of their computers that will not convert backwards, should the school update all of the computers. I think the school should convert all of their computers to the 4.0 version because it is a better running version and is more up to date. However, I can see where the problems can occur with this philosophy; the schools would constantly need to update their software which would be extremely expensive.

Another question that caught my eye was question number ten. This question asks whether a teacher who aquired material over the internet can share the lesson plan they cam e u with these materials share the lesson plan with other teachers. I disagree with this answer because other teachers cn still use these materials as long as they find it on their own. I think teachers should be able to share their ideas and their materials. I also would like to know whther a teacher can share the plan with a techer via a conversation and not the internet.

I really liked question number eleven just because I think editing yourself into a video is a great idea. It would be hilarious! This question definitely gave me an idea to use in my classroom.

Regarding question number twelve, if it is a educators constitutional right to be able to use media on videos and DVDs we shoudl be able to do that. I think a teacher should be able to videotape something and copy it to his computer if it is going to be used in the classroom.

I think the answer to number thirteen is extremely fair. I think the whole point of putting projects and assignments is to share your ideas with others. I also think that if a school uses a project found online created by another school, those students who created that project should be very happy because that is a compliment.

I do not like the answer to number fifteen because it makes our lives a lot more complicated when it comes to showing clips of videos. If we are to fallow this law, this means we would have to keeping changing tapes in and out of a VCR and that just seems like a pain to me.

I agree with the answer on number sixteen to an extent. I beleive that if the students are renting the movies then they should not be able to copy clips from te DVDs. However, I feel that if the students or I owned the DVDs that copying parts of the DVDs for classroom use, not personal, would be fine.

I do not necesarily agree with the answer to number nineteen but I did expect that answer. I knew that if very popular songs were being used in the yearbook, or ay project, the copyright laws would prohibit it.

The answer to question number twenty definitely make ssense to me the school would be selling a product where they did not create a good portion of it. I think that selling this product would be unfair to the people who had origanaly made the media used in the CD.