Copyright Presentation

One thing a new college student definitely doesn't think about when they first enter school is how copyright law will affect the coming years of their lives. I know that wasn't the first thing on my mind when I entered school. In high school, the idea was sometimes mentioned but never really talked about seriously and the discussion usually ended with “as long as you sight your sources, you’re fine.” I never know how much students actually infringe on copyright laws, even though most of it is completely fine because of Fair Use Policies. One thing that does often come up is plagiarism, often students who plagiarize don’t mean to plagiarize, however the consequences are disastrous. Another major issue with especially college students is torrents, either for movies, music or other types of media. Unfortunately for the students the excuse “I’m just a poor college student” won’t work if you’re caught using a torrent, the consequences are severe. 

After taking the copyright quiz, I was less than surprised by most of the answers. However, the third question was surprising. It regarded a video of Richard Nixon leaving the white house after he resigned. I would think this would fall under fair use since the teacher uses the video every year, apparently not. 

Copyright Presentation by Noah Carr Lyford is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.