As a Social Studies teacher, who often incorporates visual media into his course, I am particularly interested in copyright laws for educators. According to the 1976 Copyright Act, I must be aware of the laws considering the "fair use" of copyrighted material.
By fair use, I must make sure that my purpose of use is educational. In addition, I must judge the effect on the market, and assess that it will not negatively impact the sales of the product. Furthermore, I cannot use the full amount of the media (for instance, if I'm playing a song, it can only be a 30 second clip or 10% of the entire song). Lastly, I must make sure that the nature of work is not creative.
In all honesty, this is a quite hard for a teacher to assess considering their time and financial restraints. After reading this article, I have become aware that I have violated some laws from time to time. However, now that I am aware of this, I will make a greater effort to avoid violating these laws.
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In history I would think that a lot of things would have to be taken from elsewhere, since there is soooooo much history. How can one person create all these documentaries, lessons, and so on, with all the other work that teaching entails? I commend you for wanting to be more aware and careful about abiding by the copyright laws, considering I have a feeling that most teachers don't.
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