All quotes appear in Jason B. Ohler. Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, and Creativity (p. 199). Kindle Edition. If it interests you, pick up a copy today!!!
"Be perpetually paranoid"
I never like advice that encourages paranoia. I would say, "always error on the side of copyrights"
Bottom line: Show respect, do your homework, follow the fair-use laws as best as you know them, and ask for legal help when you need it. You'll do fine.
Ahh. that's better. Let's relax. I think students should make their own work. Teaching them about copyright law is a good way to promote originality. Maybe they will record their Dad's band for the music if they can't steal the lastest Jay-Z off the internet.
• Music, video, animation: Students can use 10% or 30 seconds of songs, movies, and other works, whichever is shorter.
• Words: Students can use 10% or up to 1,000 words from a text, whichever is smaller.
• Illustrations, photos, graphics: This is more vague. Students can use no more than five images from one artist; they can use 10% or 15 works from a collection, whichever is smaller.
I would show this to my students (with a citation.) Very clear. If you are using more than this amount, you are not being creative enough.
Very interesting chapter. I think Ohler did a great job making a gray area as clear as possible.
I made my own music and sound effects for my videos this semester, but I know that everyone doesn't make music. I think music is the hardest to get and where most of the the desire to appropriate comes from. I don't know what to do except use those websites that have royalty free music.
Personally, I like that anything I post on the internet has implied copyright. I did not know that.
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