Throughout this article we will discuss the fact about copyright:
Fact #1- The “Fair Use” part of the US Copyright Law says that in most cases you can allow your students to use copyrighted material such as songs, photos, and other media as long as the finished product is not going to be reproduced and distributed.
Fact #2- In real life (outside the classroom) doing the same thing is illegal and a violation of copyright law punishable by fines and/or jail time.
Because last I always recommend that teachers give students the tools and information to complete projects using the free, alternative to the public domain. Say for example you assign students to create PowerPoint presentations about a particular topic. In this task you mandate that the presentation must include at least one graphic on each slide that is relevant to this topic.
Another good alternative that some schools have is a site license subscription to the service clip art. For a flat fee schools and educational institutions to buy local annual subscription to various sites that allow students and faculty with free, legal access to thousands of copyrighted images that can be used in most types of presentation without restriction.
Remember, while some open sites allow you to use their images in any publication you choose, others will limit what you can use it for and how it can be reproduced. Always check the policy of the use or the copyright policy on the site before using images or other content in the presentation. By emphasizing that your students follow the rules you must help to instill a sense of right and wrong in this case the issue is very “gray “. We hope this article about the fact about copywriting will help the students.
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