Copyrights. Assigned 9/24, due 9/26 - Minor

 Review the below slides and watch the embedded videos using earbuds or CC. 

Create a new Google Site Subpage called Copyright. Answer the questions below using the resources provided.

Part 1 Questions - Reflect on the information in part 1 of the slides to answer the following: 

1. If you find a movie online at a site that encourages illegal sharing, why should you care about that? 
2. How would you feel if someone took something you made and put it online?
3. What would happen if everyone got music or movies from sites that give away copies without artist’s permission?

Think of a new recording artist or band you like

1. How do you think they make money?
2. How do they distribute their media to consumers like us?
3. How do you think copyright might relate to what they’re doing?
4. Could copyright be important to their current or future ability to make a living by making music?   

Part 2 Questions - Reflect on the information in part 2 of the slides and watch this video to answer the following: 

1. Have you heard of a site like this Napster before? 
2. What do you think about sites like that? 
3. Was it fair for millions of consumers to copy and give away songs to millions of other people?
4. How did Metallica figure out their new song had been distributed on Napster? 
5. Why did Metallica fight back? 
6. What do you think other artists at the time thought about it? 
7. What do you think consumers thought?
8. Do you think having music distributed for free through Napster devalued the music for listeners?
9. What do you think about unfinished drafts of songs being leaked to radio stations? How would you feel if that happened to your work? 

Part 3

Watch the following videos:

1. What do you do when you’re checking legal sources but still can’t find some of the songs, movies, or games you’re looking for? 
2. What if you want to find a newly released movie, but it is not available yet on Netflix or Hulu or another movie site? 
3. What does being an ethical and respectful digital citizen mean in this context?
   
4. How can you share a song you just discovered ethically?
5. What if the song has a Creative Commons license that allows sharing? What if the song is old enough to be in the public domain?

Key Words

Define the following key words, using your knowledge from this unit. If you need to look a definition up elsewhere please share the URL you found it. 

1. Consumer
2. Copyright
3. Copyright Infringement
4. Licensing Agreement
5. Media
6. Public Domain

Watch the 6 videos in this playlist. 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm8a9mXz_9Y6XF5VCRqygelhf_5RkT5_T

Answer the following questions using information from the videos. If you do not recall the answer or are not sure, please use Google to find your answer. If you do this, please paste the URL of the site you found your answer next to your answer.

1. Review the Creative Commons, to learn about the initiative. Summarize the purpose the Creative Commons site, and other options for finding creative work with limited restrictions. 
2. What does it mean if work is part of Creative Commons?
3. Share an image from Creative Commons with its terms of use. Provide the source URL for the image. Briefly summarize its terms of use. 
4. What does it mean if work is part of the Public Domain? 
5. Share an image from the Public Domain. Provide the source URL for the image. 
6. Suggest a  good way to reference material you find online in the public domain?
7. What does 'Fair Use' mean?
8. What is direct permission? How can you get this?
9. Share one regularly copyrighted image with its source URL. Please note use of a copyrighted image for a classroom assignment constitutes fair use.