Fair use was a concept that I had never heard about before taking this class. As an educator, I now see the importance of this doctrine. There is so much information available to the public especially via the Internet. It is important to understand the difference between fair use and copyright infringement. This difference could be huge in an educational setting. I think that it is difficult to monitor how students and teachers use materials in a library or school. Is it a self responsibility, an administrative responsibility, or a librarian’s responsibility? Ultimately, I believe its the users responsibility. The following are links to educational websites. They give the reader more information about fair use and a check list for the type of media being used.
http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/fair-use/fair-use-checklist/
These are good resources for those who are unsure of their rights and responsibilities.
I also found it interesting that fair use can be an issue with digital libraries. The following article documents the Google library’s journey of fair use. It is easy to see the importance of fair use in and out of the educational world.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/23/us-google-books-idUSBRE98M19S20130923
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