"How can fair-use benefit you as a teacher?"
Fair-Use is such an important principle when it comes to teaching. It means that I can use parts of copywrited videos and texts for educational purposes in my classroom. If fair-use did not exist, I would have to come up with all of my own original materials and videos to go beyond the scope of the textbook to teach my students. Being able to use outside resources without the fear of being sued or having to pay a lot of money is a great tool for education. There are so many great resources out there that are great for teaching our students and fair-use expands our possibilities greatly! I still wouldn't be able to use large amounts of copyrighted material and it would depend upon the source and the value of the source. Also the fact that I would be using it for non-profit educational purposes means that I would most likely be protected under the law.
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I agree it would be such a hassle to come up with completely original material for every lesson. Thank goodness for fair use!
ReplyDeleteEmmalee, you are just such a fantastic writer..you never cease to impress me lol but seriously, I like what you said about the non-profit purposes. You will be a great teacher and use great fair use material!
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