Copyright and Fair Use

1) In question one, where the scenario is that the student snaps the cd in half, the question was if you could make a back-up disk legally. Before I even looked at the answers I felt the frustration start. The teacher is in fact allowed to make a extra copy, but I would not have been surprised had they not been able to, and that is where my frustration was.

2) In question 5 a geography teacher burns a few copies of a program because he doesn't have enough programs for all the students, and doesn't have anymore money to buy more. This is illegal, however I can completely understand why he would do such a thing, and I think if I were in his position I would have done the same thing too.

3) This is about question6, the one where the science teacher downloads materials for her students to use on their science project. I was shocked when the answer said it was fine as long as she didn't up the projects back up on the web without permission from the original sites. The rules for technology seem so random, no rhyme or reason.

4) Question 7 really made me feel uncomfortable. This question said that it was alright for a teacher to post students pictures on a secure private website. The feeling I have about this is that, yes you may think its a private site, but nothing on the internet net is really private.

5) Question 14 really makes me mad. It is about letting the younger children watch a Disney movie together. The answer tells me that this is illegal because you don't buy the movies for commercial use. I think this is crap- who buys a movie to watch by themselves, or with limited company!!

6) In question 18 the debate was about whether a student could use a song from a cd the teacher had for a project. The answer was yes, however, the answer given goes on to say that they need to check how long it can play and all of these other restrictions. I believe that if it is a cd that the teacher owns they can allow the student to play one FULL song in class for a project.