To be completely honest, I was unaware of a lot of this. I felt bad for my Jeopardy team member, because I felt very confident in a lot of the answers, that is until they correct answer came out. In all honestly, copyright infringement is something that happens on a daily basis in education. Many teachers and administrators just never had any training on it.
It is hard for me to comment on things at my employer, however yes things have happened that likely may be an infringement on copywright. Copying of textbooks is something that may seem like a great idea (hypothetical) at a college to get someone into a last minute slot in a class, however are we looking at the bigger picture? What example, as educators are we setting as well?
Outside of school, I was a "Napster" kid in college, meaning I was living in a dorm when Napster broke and we thought it was amazing. Who wanted to pay for music anymore? This is likely the largest area of copywright experience I ever had, because I recall the college taking measures to stop this practive, in fear they would be sued. I remember students with no money and tons of college debts getting letters from lawyers to stop downloading content or they'd be sued. It was eye opening! I always pay for music now, so the scare tactics worked for me.
I don't think our job is to teach copyright, but an educators job is to reinforce it and create awareness. I think it falls under the same category as plagarism. If someone owns that idea/text/etc. give he or she the proper citing, rather than take it for yourself.
Moving forward, I'll be more aware of what my department is doing and attempt to control anything that may infringe on copyright and enforce things more at my office as well.
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