Wk1-Blog#1: Reading- Copyright Issues
Being an Art Teacher, I always worry about my students copying work. In fact, one of my 4 rules in my classroom is no copying or ‘borrowing’ previously created characters. I do allow my students one project where they can use what they want, but that doesn’t get published anywhere.
The film brought up a great point when it comes to music. I sometimes hear a song and could swear I had heard it before. At times I have taken the time to think about it, at pinpoint what part of the song I recognized in the other song. They use such similar elements that it has to be so complicated to make a copyright infringement decision.
That being said, how much more recognizable would our work be, and how more into our work would our students be, if we could use samples of music that they can relate to? Not saying we should or could use them, but I think as far as education goes, it would be extremely useful if we could. For my screenflow videos, I use the tools taught to me in Music Theory and try to create my own music. In theory this is a great idea, but it’s time consuming and not always what I want.
I have to look a little more into artwork copyright laws at least for my students sake. My students aren’t obviously trying to steal anything from other artists, but are trying to emulate them to learn their techniques.
Posted by Meghan Bassett at 5:36 PM
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Rowdy319 said...
Meghan-
Good questions. I mentioned to Jim Farmer that we talk so much about Copyright when it deals with media, music and movies, but very little seems to be discussed dealing with art. I am not sure if you read that article on the Obama poster, or about how everyone creates art based on Wahol's 4 color pop art. Is that copying the technique or the art? And like music or movies, can we take parts of art, and piece them together and say it s our own work?
May 5, 2011 10:14 PM
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