WeekOnePeerResponses

Bryan's Post

Bryan,
First of all - way to make a Wordle! That was a fantastic introduction to your commentary! I think you really highlighted the most important part for educators - the fair use portion. Sometimes when the discussion about copyright and trademark comes up there can be some panic amongst educators because we frequently do not review the legal ramifications of our educational piracy. It really is quite a relief that most of the things that we do fall under the fair use policies.
I do think that you're commentary in the last paragraph of your post is poignant - "To be safe...a content creator should always try to get permission from the copyright holder if they intend to use or build upon their original copyrighted ideas..." That is certainly true.
Thank you for your solid assessment of all of the resources. I think you have a very good and unbiased view of the topic.

Mavy's Post

Mavy,
That was a great reflection on all we've learned from the extensive resources provided! I think the part I liked about your discussion the most is that we simply have to "wait" until some more parameters are placed on copyrights.
I appreciate your recognition of the fact that we are in an incredibly transitional phase where copyright law could go either way. It's important that we continue to use things as appropriately as possible and with permission. I think we all can agree that, as far as education goes, we would never want to deprive artists of their work, we'd simply like to broaden their audience.
Using copyrighted materials in education is not really about any sort of personal gain - in fact it could build a consumer base for an artist. I think most educators use copyrighted material in order to broaden their students' horizons or teach things that the original art aimed to do in the first place.
Great commentary Mavy!