This presentation was called “Crossing the Copyright Boundary in the Digital Age”. I picked this presentation because I have been hearing a lot about how copyright is tricky in this day and age.
At the beginning of this presentation the speaker goes on about how teachers have always copied material without asking permission, such as a comic in the beginning of class, or making photocopies of a text book without permission. The reason it was kind of ok was because it was happening just within the classroom and no one was finding out about it. Now with the internet and classroom blogs it is becoming a problem. This problem is that teachers and students are using material off of the internet without asking permission from the creator.
In order to solve this problem, there are now creative common sites that allow you to use material under certain conditions, such that you must link the creator back to their work. There are also completely copyright-friendly websites.
I have learned a great amount from this presentation. I now know how important it is to always link back to someones work. I believe that creative common websites are an amazing tool that will help anyone out that is scared of copyright regulations.
I found this picture interesting, because it is a collage completely made out of creative commons images.
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