copyright for teachers

Copyright for teachers includes anything that a teacher creates is copyrighted. But, if the document is not worth anything or will not be used to make money, it isn't really necessary to worry about the copyright. Some pieces of information from copyright law did surprise me. The information about the "fine line" regarding what the courts allow and not allow seems like it is a 50/50 shot whether the courts would be in your favor if you sued for copyright infringement. I enjoyed learning more from the Copyright Jeopardy game, especially about the videos about the music cases. It was easier to understand through playing the game.

Copyright laws are being violated in schools by copying materials needed for the students and their lessons. Pages are copied for instructional use all the time. Additionally, movies are shown to entertain the kids during certain "layover times" and are posted in flyers at times.

Out of schools, all I think of is the "Vanilla Ice" case and how that violation had ruined his career.
Other violations could be occurring, but have no knowledge of it because it is "behind the scenes". But, there are some songs that sound awfully alike.

I feel that it is the job of a teacher to enlighten their students to respect copyright laws. This can be done alittle at a time throughout the year. A little information at a time after each movie shown for educational purposes would begin to introduce students to the importance of copyright law. (Just as teachers talk to their students about plagiarism. They may not understand all of the legistics about it at first, but then they start to get the idea of it.) I think that students would understand the concept better in small bits of the information after using things to use for examples.