Introduction of the problem- What happened regarding
fair use in education in this scenario?
The 2008 video is a scenario of students at Upper Merion Area High School in Pennsylvania. They designed an online virtual zoo project as technology integrated assignment in their biology class. Their goal was to “teach students how to create educational online content using photo site Flickr.com and fair use practices”. They wanted students to be able to think critically when using certain content and images from a variety of acceptable websites created by others in making sure to follow fair use and copyright laws. The students were to make pages and link those pages together. The students used the photos from Flickr so they could be able to use the URL provided as their source of credit to the photographer. They were to use these photos found but also to transform the photos in some way along with adding value to those images. By using the photos from Flickr, along with the URL links provided, this is how the photographer was credited. The next day after creating the web pages, the teachers and principal received an email from a photographer of some of the images that were used. The photographer accused them of “pirating” their photos and violated copyright laws.
Analysis of the response- Was the Technology Integration Mentor correct in her response to the email the school received? Provide evidence from your reading this week.
I feel that the technology mentor appropriately responded to the email received from the photographer. She stated that the students work was not in violation of copyright because of fair use. She knew that with her awareness of fair use and copyright issues, it was not a violation because of the students adding value and transforming the pictures. This is not copyright, it is fair use. The site they used, she explained that many users don’t understand their rights within Flickr, which are limited. With the students transforming those images, she explains that within those limited rights, the “content creators have rights as well in using those images for different purposes”. According to the U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index, fair use is defined as “a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances”. With the students using pictures for an educational purpose while adding value to the pictures and transforming them, this is considered fair use. Also stated in the Education World, “the essence of the fair use doctrine is that a person is not using the work in such a manner that is, or has the potential of, diverting income from the creator”. In this case, the students or the teachers don’t have any intentions to make money off of the photographer’s pictures in which the technology mentor had the right response in saying it was not a violation.
The 2008 video is a scenario of students at Upper Merion Area High School in Pennsylvania. They designed an online virtual zoo project as technology integrated assignment in their biology class. Their goal was to “teach students how to create educational online content using photo site Flickr.com and fair use practices”. They wanted students to be able to think critically when using certain content and images from a variety of acceptable websites created by others in making sure to follow fair use and copyright laws. The students were to make pages and link those pages together. The students used the photos from Flickr so they could be able to use the URL provided as their source of credit to the photographer. They were to use these photos found but also to transform the photos in some way along with adding value to those images. By using the photos from Flickr, along with the URL links provided, this is how the photographer was credited. The next day after creating the web pages, the teachers and principal received an email from a photographer of some of the images that were used. The photographer accused them of “pirating” their photos and violated copyright laws.
Analysis of the response- Was the Technology Integration Mentor correct in her response to the email the school received? Provide evidence from your reading this week.
I feel that the technology mentor appropriately responded to the email received from the photographer. She stated that the students work was not in violation of copyright because of fair use. She knew that with her awareness of fair use and copyright issues, it was not a violation because of the students adding value and transforming the pictures. This is not copyright, it is fair use. The site they used, she explained that many users don’t understand their rights within Flickr, which are limited. With the students transforming those images, she explains that within those limited rights, the “content creators have rights as well in using those images for different purposes”. According to the U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index, fair use is defined as “a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances”. With the students using pictures for an educational purpose while adding value to the pictures and transforming them, this is considered fair use. Also stated in the Education World, “the essence of the fair use doctrine is that a person is not using the work in such a manner that is, or has the potential of, diverting income from the creator”. In this case, the students or the teachers don’t have any intentions to make money off of the photographer’s pictures in which the technology mentor had the right response in saying it was not a violation.
Your response- What would you have done if you were the adult in charge
in this situation? You can piggy back on the Technology Integration
Mentor's response or compose a completely new one. Use evidence from your
reading this week (other readings from previous weeks may also help).
I would have responded in the same way as the technology mentor did to the photographer’s email. My email back would have been immediately sent and explained every detail of what we did with the pictures and why, along with that it was for educational purposes only. This would also include the exact guidelines the students were given for the assignment, in which the picture can be used as long as they are transformed, added value, and credit the source with the link provided. With the link provided, it allows the viewers to know where the pictures came from in which they are receiving credit for those individuals to view their other photos on their page. Within that I would explain to the photographer that the Zoo Project the students created are not for profit, only for educational purposes, in which protects against copyright laws. The pictures used were transformed and value was added. I would add in a link to the U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index and outline what fair use is defined as. I would also include what was mentioned in the Education World website in which the students nor teachers are using these photos to make an income.
I would have responded in the same way as the technology mentor did to the photographer’s email. My email back would have been immediately sent and explained every detail of what we did with the pictures and why, along with that it was for educational purposes only. This would also include the exact guidelines the students were given for the assignment, in which the picture can be used as long as they are transformed, added value, and credit the source with the link provided. With the link provided, it allows the viewers to know where the pictures came from in which they are receiving credit for those individuals to view their other photos on their page. Within that I would explain to the photographer that the Zoo Project the students created are not for profit, only for educational purposes, in which protects against copyright laws. The pictures used were transformed and value was added. I would add in a link to the U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index and outline what fair use is defined as. I would also include what was mentioned in the Education World website in which the students nor teachers are using these photos to make an income.
With the
teacher and technology mentor sharing the email received with the students,
this allowed for a great learning experience on copyright and fair use for
those students!
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