Allow students access to information
Schools should be allowed to use any materials (printed or digital) regardless of copyright laws, because students need access to information in order to obtain a complete knowledge of what they are expected to be learning.
Reckless Access
ReplyDeleteCopyright laws are in effect for a reason, you can't just allow the schools to be above those laws. Society complains that police officers and politicians believe they are above the law and that it is wrong, so why should schools be allowed to be above the law and it considered to be okay? There are plenty of ways that schools can teach their students effectively by following the rules and laws that every American citizen has to. No one is above the law, not even teachers or administrators.
No copyright notice is required. Majority of materials today are copyrighted, so just because it doesn’t have the notice doesn’t mean you can use it without consent. Copyright is still violated whether you charged money or not, only damages are affected by that. Therefore, using it for educational means without the consent of the publisher or the copyright holder is illegal. To be able to use bits and pieces of information you have to know the boundaries of the “fair use rule”. Knowing your limits on what you can use and not use without the permission of the copyright holder/publisher is an important part on whether you are using the material in a proper manner.
DeleteSo what you are saying is that school should teach children to steal and use material, that technically doesn't belong to them or the school, as long as they benefit from it and use it to learn? No, follow the copyright laws and do the proper thing to give children the proper education.
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DeleteTeachers and administrators are not trying to be above the law. They are trying to provide a thorough education for their students in order for them to be successful. Publishing companies are hiding behind the rules of copyrighting in order to take the school system's money. By providing less information at ones the school is then required to spend more money and acquire more books and info to make up for what they were deprived of originally.
ReplyDeleteIt is the teacher's responsibility to get the correct training and understanding of the laws that are set in place. Yes, teachers have to teach their students the information they need, but they can do that by following the law. It may cost the school money to buy everything and do this and do that, but it not only can save them money in the long run, but it also doesn't cost any one else their job or salary. In case study 3 from http://www.bamaed.ua.edu/edtechcases/ we were given the statistic "that in 2002, over 100,000 jobs and over five billion in wages were lost." That was ten years ago, and illegal downloads are bigger than ever. Teachers are supposed to set good examples for their students, if they are using products "regardless of copyright laws," they are breaking the law. They are showing the students that they, the teachers, can do it, so why can't the students do so? It is flat out wrong and breaks the law. Students are punished in classrooms and even expelled at times for plagiarizing, why are teachers any different? They're not.
DeleteYou can use information and materials as long as it stays under the "fair use" rule of copyright infringing. Whether publishing companies are hiding behind law or not, they're still laws, we still have to follow them.
ReplyDelete"The "fair use" exemption to (U.S.) copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's vital so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to appropriate other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations."...
ReplyDelete"Note that most inclusion of text in followups and replies is for commentary, and it doesn't damage the commercial value of the original posting (if it has any) and as such it is almost surely fair use. Fair use isn't an exact doctrine, though. The court decides if the right to comment overrides the copyright on an individual basis in each case. There have been cases that go beyond the bounds of what I say above, but in general they don't apply to the typical net misclaim of fair use."
Via. http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
You wouldn't just go to a bookstore a swipe a textbook off the shelf would you? No, you're most likely to be caught and penalized. Well then how is it right for teachers to be able to just download ILLEGALLY regardless if students have the right to learn. You'll also have the right to a lawyer when you end up in court for stealing copyrighted work. Teachers need to be educated on copyright laws to prevent infringing on them, students look up to you and what kind of example are you setting if you're a thief and a cheat.
ReplyDeleteIn a society where jobs are hard to come by, and money is tight, School levies are constantly failing. The economy does not allow for people to raise their taxes each year while trying to support their families. By not passing these levies, however, schools have taken major budget cuts and downsizings. These budget cuts do not allow for the proper allowance needed to buy all of the textbooks needed for the classrooms. Thankfully under copyright laws facts are not copyrightable so all of the fact based classes, such as math, science, computers, accounting, etc., can use whatever information they need. Where the real struggle comes about it through the Arts classes such as language arts, english literature, art, music, and more. With the copyright laws being in place that publishing companies are hiding behind, we are allowing only for the fact based knowledge to be processed by students, eliminating creativity and learning how to think outside of the box. Students need to have access to all of this information in order to create the world leading nation and society that we wish to have.
ReplyDeleteNo school would ever teach their students to steal. It isn't about fighting the law, it's about changing it. It is necessary for the laws to collaborate with the time period! Copyright laws need to catch up. We are constantly being provided with new ways to attain information in large quantities. We are not fully taking advantage of all the possibilities and resources if we limit the students to the amount of access they have. New technology is being invented so the next generation can have a greater chance to learn more at a faster rate. Copyright laws are not advancing with the time.
ReplyDeleteThey are still laws that are still in effect. Students and other citizens have to follow them, so do teachers and administrators. There are no exceptions, it is a law.
Deletehttp://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=261&toplvl=81
ReplyDeleteHere's a website with some free art and literature resources. No need to illegally download.
You can still be creative with usign information in a book... that's the whole part of being "creative" copyright laws should not affect a child's creativity.
ReplyDeletebut teaching students about literature is hard to do without being able to use the literature, and if schools cant afford all of the literature due to budget cuts and costly amounts publishing companies charge, then the learning is severely hindered
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