The Teacher’s Guide to Copyright
(March 11, 2009) – Every day universities and their students are sued for copyright infringement. Teachers have access to wonderful multi-media technology, but worry about how best to communicate with their students without running afoul of the law.
Faculty, librarians, and administrators have legitimate concerns, but there are no clear answers. How much copyrighted material can be used in class? Is the use of copyrighted material in an educational environment automatically “fair use”? May student projects use audio/visual content? What does “public domain” mean? Is a Creative Commons license sufficient protection? What if lectures are webcast or podcast? Do the same rules apply for distance learning?
Copyright expert and author, Mark J. Davis says: “Fair Use in copyright isn’t what you think it is. Traditional notions of what an educator may use for face-to-face teaching do not apply in the electronic classroom. Being wrong could cost you $150,000.”
Mark J. Davis has been practicing music and entertainment law since 1985. He has represented artists, labels, publishers, filmmakers, advertising agencies, and television studios in negotiations and copyright lawsuits. In 2000, the Librarian of Congress appointed Davis as an Arbitrator for the U.S. Copyright Office. This influential position, coupled with his previous copyright law experience, made teaching this very subject a natural next choice. He started teaching his popular class Legal Issues and Copyright in the Music Industry in 2001.
After lecturing students, teachers, administrators, and librarians on the basics of copyright, he decided to share his knowledge with a wider audience. His book, The Teacher’s Guide to Copyright is a must-have tool for teachers, aspiring musicians, and writers to educate themselves on copyright protection.
“I wrote The Teacher's Guide to Copyright to answer questions I’ve been asked by educators across the U.S. Copyright concerns shouldn’t get in the way of teaching and all too often, they do. The book is my roadmap through the intellectual property minefield for other educators.”
In addition to teaching and writing, Davis also tours the country lecturing on copyright law. He’s spoken to the New Media Consortium at Princeton University, the Louisiana Music Educators Association, Tulane University School of Law and at NSU to name a few. In 2008, his website was chosen by MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) as a teaching supplement.
For more information about Mark J. Davis please visit buzzgig.com. To view a snippet of one of his recent lectures please visit: http://www.artistshousemusic.org/search?cx=001015262861661558902%3Ahitqwqtqx
kc&cof=FORID%3A9&as_q=%22mark+davis%22&sa=Go
The Teacher’s Guide to Copyright is available at Lulu.com, BN.com, amazon.com, and buzzgig.com in either e-book format or paperback. For review copies, please contact kelly@skewedcommunications.com.
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Faculty, librarians, and administrators have legitimate concerns, but there are no clear answers. How much copyrighted material can be used in class? Is the use of copyrighted material in an educational environment automatically “fair use”? May student projects use audio/visual content? What does “public domain” mean? Is a Creative Commons license sufficient protection? What if lectures are webcast or podcast? Do the same rules apply for distance learning?
Copyright expert and author, Mark J. Davis says: “Fair Use in copyright isn’t what you think it is. Traditional notions of what an educator may use for face-to-face teaching do not apply in the electronic classroom. Being wrong could cost you $150,000.”
Mark J. Davis has been practicing music and entertainment law since 1985. He has represented artists, labels, publishers, filmmakers, advertising agencies, and television studios in negotiations and copyright lawsuits. In 2000, the Librarian of Congress appointed Davis as an Arbitrator for the U.S. Copyright Office. This influential position, coupled with his previous copyright law experience, made teaching this very subject a natural next choice. He started teaching his popular class Legal Issues and Copyright in the Music Industry in 2001.
After lecturing students, teachers, administrators, and librarians on the basics of copyright, he decided to share his knowledge with a wider audience. His book, The Teacher’s Guide to Copyright is a must-have tool for teachers, aspiring musicians, and writers to educate themselves on copyright protection.
“I wrote The Teacher's Guide to Copyright to answer questions I’ve been asked by educators across the U.S. Copyright concerns shouldn’t get in the way of teaching and all too often, they do. The book is my roadmap through the intellectual property minefield for other educators.”
In addition to teaching and writing, Davis also tours the country lecturing on copyright law. He’s spoken to the New Media Consortium at Princeton University, the Louisiana Music Educators Association, Tulane University School of Law and at NSU to name a few. In 2008, his website was chosen by MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) as a teaching supplement.
For more information about Mark J. Davis please visit buzzgig.com. To view a snippet of one of his recent lectures please visit: http://www.artistshousemusic.org/search?cx=001015262861661558902%3Ahitqwqtqx
kc&cof=FORID%3A9&as_q=%22mark+davis%22&sa=Go
The Teacher’s Guide to Copyright is available at Lulu.com, BN.com, amazon.com, and buzzgig.com in either e-book format or paperback. For review copies, please contact kelly@skewedcommunications.com.
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