[Cc-hk] cost of copyright confusion in education

Rebecca MacKinnon rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com
Wed Oct 31 22:12:14 EST 2007


Download the report from the Center for Social Media here:

http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/the_cost_of_copyright_confusion_for_media_literacy/

The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy, based on scores of
longform interviews with teachers, shows that the fundamental goals of media
literacy education¡Xto cultivate critical thinking and expression about media
and its social role¡Xare compromised by unnecessary copyright restrictions.
As a result of poor guidance, counterproductive guidelines, and fear,
teachers use less effective teaching techniques, teach and transmit
erroneous copyright information, fail to share innovative instructional
approaches, and do not take advantage of new digital platforms.
This is not only unfortunate but unnecessary, since copyright law permits a
wide range of uses of copyrighted material without permission or payment.
However, educators today have no consensus around what constitutes
acceptable fair use practices. The report concludes with a call for
educators to develop a consensus around their interpretation of their most
valuable copyright tool: fair use.

-- 
Rebecca MacKinnon
Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.
University of Hong Kong   (http://jmsc.hku.hk)
E-mail: rmack at hku.hk | Tel: +852-2219-4005
Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com
Co-founder: http://GlobalVoicesOnline.org
"The world is talking. Are you listening?"
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