Computer+and+Software

green group: gareth, tom, and ashley
=What are the important aspects for teachers to remember?= Intellectual property was created to promote the public good. According to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, "The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors...but encourage others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a work." In other words, copyright was created to benefit society at large, not to protect commercial interests.

Also, fair use aids in helping schools steer clear of legal trouble, understanding the principles of fair use will allow teachers to aggressively pursue new areas where technology and learning are ahead of the law, and to speak out when they feel their rights to copyright material have been violated.

Teachers will learn that no matter the technology-photocopying, downloads, file sharing, video duplication-there are times when copying is not only acceptable, it is encouraged for the purposes of teaching and learning. They will learn that the rights are strongest and longest at the place where educators need them most: in the classroom. However, schools need to monitor and enforce fair use. If they don't, as the Los Angeles Unified School District found out in a six-figure settlement, they may find themselves on the losing end of a copyright question. The video is copy protected as per the FBI warning and we were allowed to use it for educational purposes only.