Reaction to Copyright Readings

Reading through this week's material, I learned that the whole idea of it's okay to use copyrighted material as long as it is no longer than 10% is a myth. That was always something I had heard, but reading further, it sounds like there is a lot more to it than that. It also sounds like if you are truly using the copyrighted material for educational uses, it is not likely that you will be sued.Something else I thought was very interesting was the idea of using copyrighted material to create collages or mix-ups. The writer of one document used the word "transformative" to explain what was considered fair use with these kinds of creations. That makes sense to me, and it seems to fit with many of the things we want our students to do in terms of higher thinking skills. We want them to synthesize, so in this kind of instance it is a good fit.

Margaret