Tag: copyright

• What a pretentious paragraph of copyright gobbledygook

  A while back, I attended a high school drama performance, and the following statement was printed in the program: “The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author’s rights, and actionable under…

  sassevn

  February 2, 2016

  drama

  copyright, playwright, samuel french, school drama, theatre

• Respecting the Creative Works of Others

  A group of my students was given two tasks. First, how do people use digital media without giving the creator proper credit or compensation. The ways were many: streaming video from non-paying sights, grabbing photos off the web for a project, buying pirated DVDs (a huge market right in the open here in Malaysia), downloading…

  sassevn

  September 18, 2014

  Teaching & Education

  copyright, creative works, digital citizenship, digital media, illegal downloading, respecting others creative works

• Are you using “Creative Commons”?

  Any type of creative artist is concerned with the proper usage of his or her works. No one wants their works to be reproduced or used without proper permission and attribution. Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization which gives simple instructions for authors and artists of all kinds to determine which type of license that…

  sassevn

  April 9, 2014

  Indie Author

  copyright, creative commons, licensing creative works, public domain