Why You Can’t Copy that Old PBS Show You have on VHS Tape…and Other Tales of “Unfair” Use

For years educators have operated under the maxim that if a copyrighted work is used for educational purposes, then it is not necessary to reimburse the holder of the copyright as one would do for “commercial” purposes. Under current interpretations of the law, however, we are just beginning to discover that this is not necessarily the case. In this seminar we’ll look at some of the fair use challenges that educators face today, the fair use resources that are available to us, and some valuable basic guidelines as to what copyright law does and does not permit for educational use. We will attempt to define and explain terms such as Digital Rights Management, the Teach Act, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and how they will affect our own classroom practices as we utilize more and more content from myriad resources both print and digital