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We Need Your Help Despite your enthusiasm, something the librarian said yesterday afternoon has you worried that maybe you’re decision to include software and multimedia in the End of the Year project isn’t right. You need to get a mental picture on how key copyright issues relate to software copying and multimedia. You’ll be guided to look closely at three main issues and to find examples (facts, statistics, quotations, or any other inputs) that you think provide important insights on the issues. After you’ve collected three examples for each issue, your job will be to put the information together into one statement that shares your understanding as a “Truth” about that particular key issue related to protecting your copyright. You’ll do this three times.
Exploring Examples to Discover the
Truth Work your way through each of the three questions targeting key issues. Use the links to help you find examples to support your truth. Record your answers on this worksheet. Issue #1: What is Copyright? http://www.timestream.com/stuff/neatstuff/mmlaw.html http://www.goehner.com/copyright/lytle.htm http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/cOpyNet.htm Based on the information you have examined, write a “Truth” or response to the question above.
Issue #2:
What guidelines do you need to follow in working with multimedia? http://www.benedict.com/audio/harrison/harrison.htm http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280d.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280b.shtml Based on the information you have examined, write a “Truth” or response to the question above. Issue #3: What can we learn about software copyright? http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/ency/article.cfm/objectID/94F1539D-B61C-415B-BE3ED4F8BFE7F1F3 http://www.benedict.com/digital/digital.asp http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/educom.txt Based on the information you have examined, write a “Truth” or response to the question above. Focusing your Argument:
an Action Plan By looking at the copyright situation from the perspective of a Librarian, you have become an expert on copyright issues. Your team (and the WWW community) needs your expert advice. In your opinion, what would be the most effective plan of action to protect copyright in schools? In other words, what do we need to do to “make it happen”? Use the truths you have learned to make sure we tap into goldmines that could help everyone and avoid landmines that could threaten us all. Your action plan should be a clear statement about what should be done to
encourage teachers to protect copyright in Internet-connected schools.
It does not have to be long, but it should be thoughtful. |
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