1. Questions 2 and 5 seemed to be the flip side of the same coin. It is okay to download one copy of software to the server so it can be accessed by any computer in the school. However, that software can only be used by one person at a time. I would think that monitoring that would be kind of difficult. As soon as another person opens that program on the other side of the school, the copyright is being broken. So essentially it is the same as if there was one CD to use; only one person could use it at a time. By putting it on the server just means that no one has to go to the computer lab to get the CD. I think this makes it easier to violate the copyright law. So it is now clear to me, one CD= 1user.
2. Question 8 surprised me. I thought as long as I gave credit to where I got the information, if where I got it from violated the copyright law, it wasn’t my problem. Now however, I will be sure to check my sources for credibility, because if I don’t I can get in trouble for it.
3. Question 10 confused me. I can use files from a file sharing site in my lessons but I can’t share what I found with other teachers to use in their lessons. At first glance it seemed contradictory. As I looked closer, I realized that if another teacher found your lessons on the web he or she might credit you for the information. That would be breaking the copyright law by mistake. Neither you nor the other teacher meant to but the file sharing site’s information was just passed off by you as your own. I think that is where the problem occurs.
4. Question 12 was interesting. Manufacturers are putting copy-blockers on their devices, which are lawful, but it is interfering with the educators’ constitutional rights to the material for education. I guess it is up to the teachers to work around technology to exercise their constitutional right to the information.
5. Question 16 seemed as much against the law as possible. However it is just another way to jump through the necessary hoops to exercise the educators’ constitutional right to the material. I did think that using outlawed technology wasn’t allowed but I guess that depends on what that technology is.
6. Question 17 was creepy. I did not know that it was perfectly okay to take pictures of random people outside of businesses and post it on the web. It seems weird to think that a random day I decide to visit Starbucks my picture can be taken and posted on a blog about the differences between Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, and Tim Horton’s.
7. Question 19 I couldn’t believe was against the law. My sister’s seventh grade yearbook was on a CD with music on it. She had to buy it and everything. Maybe the school just doesn’t know that it is illegal.
8. Question 20 is so technical. It is okay for the students to use the material in the projects. It is okay to make a CD of all the projects for records. However, it is not okay if everyone involved with all the projects wants a personal copy for their own records. Fair use is okay as long as wider distribution is not intended. I don’t think when the students started using the sources and doing the projects they intended that a movie was going to be made. I’m sure they did not foresee anyone wanting a copy of it. I think anticipation is the wrong word for the law. In this example I do not see any of the original users of the information (the students) anticipating anything like that.
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