Week 1-Comments to Catherine

EDM613 MAC - Week 1 Reading - Copyright

Reading and watching the videos about copyrighting, and fair use, was daunting! There is no easy answer or clear right/wrong thing to do. I believe that artists are inspired by elements in their world, including music they hear. So what's a person to do? Be careful and always ask permission. Better to have requested permission, and find out fair use applied, then to not ask, and break the law.

3 comments:

antosb said...

Most of the time you will not be able to actually ask anyone. So if you're a teacher and are using it for educational purposes, you should be fine. I know a lot of cases where Disney will go after daycare centers that have any of their characters in it (Winnie the Pooh, Mickey, etc...) but if you show Fantasia in your class to talk about art, you are free to do so.

Don't let being scared stop you from using great copyrighted work! If it's educational and you're making money off of it, go for it!

February 2, 2011 6:14 PM

antosb said...

That's NOT making money on it!

February 2, 2011 6:15 PM

4Shikes said...

I wish there was an easy answer to this. The murkiness of copyright and fair use makes me scared to use anything that's not mine. I fear the FBI or police coming into my classroom, guns blazing and arresting me in front of the kids. Don't laugh, I've really had this nightmare!

February 3, 2011 10:39 AM