I learned that copyright is a very interpretative concept in regards to Fair Use for educators. If a teacher plays a movie for educational purposes in a public school it can be viewed in its entirety but if they are playing a movie as a reward with popcorn and such then this is not allowed. A teacher may use a resource they have and copy it for students within so many pages depending on the material being copied but they are not allowed to give it out to a group of teachers to save the teachers money. They overall deciding factor seems to be if the creator is losing money then it is not fair use.
My question would be about playing movies on streaming platforms such as Netflix. If the teacher has a paid account can she play a movie for her students in a classroom? I often see this in school and now after learning about Fair Use and Copyright have more questions. I also am curious about Copyright regarding websites such at Pinterest where creators voluntarily put materials up, what are the copyright concerns with using these tools?
Hi Linda!
Those are EXCELLENT questions. I never even considered pinterest content. I would be interested to see if there are any cases or judgement regarding content on any of the social media sites. Although, I must comment that pinterest has gotten a lot more commercialized in recent years and I feel like I’m looking at mostly ads for product now. Great post and good luck in our course!