http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/08/resources-for-copyright-literacy/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:24:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/08/resources-for-copyright-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Teaching Generation Z » My Copyright Ignorance Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:56:30 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/08/resources-for-copyright-literacy/#comment-1280 [...] Doug’s recent post, Resources for Copyright Literacy, was very timely. How to effectively teach kids about the issues of intellectual property and the concept of copyright has been hampered by my practical ignorance in this area. I’ve always known that copying slabs of other people’s written content was both morally and legally wrong but in the past, I always figured that unless the words “copyright”, “all rights reserved” or © appeared, then that work was fair game to be used however one pleased. I actually thought to be protected by copyright, that it had to be stated up front or you had no rights at all. So, after checking out Doug’ del.icio.us links, I now have a great set of resources to use with my students. I also received a complimentary copy of The Education Technology Guide at last week’s Marc Prensky’s seminar. It contained an article by Gibb Owen, a Sydney based solicitor titled What is “Intellectual Property” and “Industrial Property”? This helped to make things really clear to me including a pretty good definition of “fair use”. In the spirit of fair use (ie. I’m reviewing his article), some segments are worth quoting. [...] [...] Doug’s recent post, Resources for Copyright Literacy, was very timely. How to effectively teach kids about the issues of intellectual property and the concept of copyright has been hampered by my practical ignorance in this area. I’ve always known that copying slabs of other people’s written content was both morally and legally wrong but in the past, I always figured that unless the words “copyright”, “all rights reserved” or © appeared, then that work was fair game to be used however one pleased. I actually thought to be protected by copyright, that it had to be stated up front or you had no rights at all. So, after checking out Doug’ del.icio.us links, I now have a great set of resources to use with my students. I also received a complimentary copy of The Education Technology Guide at last week’s Marc Prensky’s seminar. It contained an article by Gibb Owen, a Sydney based solicitor titled What is “Intellectual Property” and “Industrial Property”? This helped to make things really clear to me including a pretty good definition of “fair use”. In the spirit of fair use (ie. I’m reviewing his article), some segments are worth quoting. [...]

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