Introduction

=Why should I care about copyright law anyways? =

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If the ethical and moral obligation to follow the law isn't a great enough motivator, then perhaps the potential of legal action should be. There is a long held myth in education that copyright holders tend to overlook copyright violation by schools and educators. Perhaps this may have been true in the past, but that certainly is no longer the case. The following link contains a database of copyright infringement actions against schools. Such data can be difficult to obtain as most copyright cases are settled out of court. Those that do make it to court are of benefit for us, because they help to shape our understanding of the law. (Simpson, 2005)=====

[|Copyright Infringement Against Schools]

This wiki focuses in on copyright law as it applies in an educational setting.We will look at the following areas in greater depth.
Copyright Law || Public Domain || Fair Use || Print Materials and Copyright || Audio Visual Materials ||
 * ======**Wiki Copyright Topic**====== || ======**Topic and Page overview**====== ||
 * Introduction || This page contains an overview of the pages found within our copyright wiki. ||
 * Copyright Law || What does the law governing copyright state? Look here to find resources on current copyright law.
 * Public Domain || what is the Public Domain? How do items enter the public domain? Look here for answers to these questions.
 * Fair Use || Probably the most murky and difficult area of copyright. We will explore the four tests of fair use and will see some examples of fair use.
 * Print materials and copyright || In the past copyright laws focused on print materials with the advent of technology this has changed, nevertheless this still is an important part of the law.
 * Audio Visual and copyright || This page contains information on copyright law as it pertains to videos, sound recordings, and all other nonprint formats that are not multimedia in nature. When is it okay to show that video in class and when does it violate copyright? These and many others are the questions we will answer in this page.
 * Music and copyright in for Schools || Music and Copyright for schools ||
 * Internet use and copyright || Internet use and copyright ||
 * Computer software and copyright || Computer software and copyright ||