Re: Re: New Copyright Law: Internet and Multimedia Education for Schools DVD NOW AVAILABLE!

From: Rob Tiessen <tiessen[_at_]ucalgary.ca>
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:35:30 -0500


Is there a problem? Are most users of copyrighted material disrespectful of copyright?

Rob Tiessen
Head, Access Services
University of Calgary Library
tiessen[_at_]ucalgary.ca
403-220-6043

Jennifer Maydole wrote:
> The heart of the DVD's content is information derived from Dr. Carol
> Simpson's book COPYRIGHT FOR SCHOOLS A PRACTICAL GUIDE 4th EDITION as
> well as Heartland AEA's COPYRIGHT CONDENSED. The Motion Picture
> Association allowed me to use a trailer called "Downloading" which is
> seen on many new DVDs and a day in the life at Universal Studios where
> viewers get a chance to meet 30 people including carpenters, painters
> and special effects artists who make a living in the film industry.
>
> I thought it was about time that those of us who promote teaching others
> about intellectual property rights did it with both text (boring to most
> students) and high quality video and music clips. Maybe you should view
> the DVD before you make such a judgment. At least my presentations and
> DVD are part of the solution instead of part of the problem or silent
> community of educators who think people won't change their disrespectful
> ways.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jennifer
>
> Jennifer Maydole
> Visual Communications
> Multimedia & Copyright Education
> 2467 Summit Drive
> East Wenatchee, WA 98802
> 509.293.1021
> jmaydole[_at_]jennifermaydole.com
> www.jennifermaydole.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Carroll" <carroll[_at_]tjc.com>
> To: "CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property"
> <CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 5:40 AM
> Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: New Copyright Law: Internet and Multimedia
> Education for Schools DVD NOW AVAILABLE!
>
>

>> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Jennifer Maydole wrote:
>>
>>> I am brand new to this listserve and hope I am not out of line by
>>> sharing this new resource with all of you. There are very few multimedia
>>> resources on copyright law for K-20 schools so I thought many of you
>>> might be interested to know about my new DVD.
>>>
>>> Please see attached file for your perusal.
>>
>>
>> which file says:
>>
>>> Content partners include the Business Software Alliance, Movie Licensing
>>> USA, the FBI, Buena Vista Home Video and the Motion Picture Association
>>> of America.
>>
>>
>> At the risk of being accused of judging a DVD by its cover, these content
>> partners are uniformly copyright owners or enforcers.  I would be very
>> wary of an "educational" offering that was so heavily, nay, *uniformly*
>> one-sided on the side of the copyright owners' interests.
>>
>> I would expect any objectively educational offering to include 
>> substantial
>> input from organizations representing copyright consumers, e.g., the
>> American Library Association, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the
>> Consumer Project on Technology, Stanford's Copyright & Fair Use Center,
>> etc., as well as that from the organizations representing copyright
>> owners.
>>
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