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Scenario – Online Pictures

Students download a photograph from a Web site and use it in their multimedia presentation.

Is this a copyright violation?

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Scenario – Podcast Reading Help

To encourage reading, a teacher has students record a podcast of their favorite children’s book and posts them on the class web site.

Is this a copyright violation?

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Scenario – The Web siteA Web savvy student creates your school’s Web site.

The principal finds information that he considers controversial and has the system’s technician remove it from the site..

Has he violated copyright?

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Scenario – Recording Videos

A teacher records a copy of An Inconvenient Truth on HBO to show her science class.

Is this a copyright violation?

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Scenario – The Mural

Parent volunteers create a colorful mural featuring cartoon characters and characters from popular fiction on the wall of the library during the summer.

Is this a copyright violation?

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Scenario – Fundraiser

The PTA videotapes the spring concert. DVDs of the concert are sold to parents and community members as a fundraiser.

Is this a copyright violation?

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Scenario – The Talent ShowAt a school sponsored talent show, students sing and dance to music. They did not secure permission to use the works. The PTA charges admission to cover their costs.

Have they violated copyright?

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Scenario – Wiki entries

Students are using a Wiki to create their class project on pollution. One of the students finds photographs of their topic on a National Geographic Web site and posts them on their Wiki.

Have they violated copyright?

A teacher presents a multimedia student project at a conference to demonstrate a research unit. The presentation contains copyrighted works used under fair use by students.

Has he violated copyright?

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