To be honest, I found the various articles very enlightening. I really did not know too much about copyright and fair use guidelines before reading them. it was surprising to hear that the whole issue of copyright and fair use was not as black and white as many describe it as. For example, my oldest child Christopher complained about how an administrator at his school scolded his teacher for allowing them to watch about 20 minutes of a movie - which is apparently against the rules, and immediately gained an antagonistic view on copyright and fair use; when he really didn't know anything about copyright and fair use to begin with.
It's very relieving to hear that as a teacher, I will not have to strictly stick to the rules and guideiines the government has implemented. To have to stop everytime I wish to use a song or movie in class (for example, a movie adaptation of Holes or another children's novel, or a song inspired by a novel), it would be a hinderance to my teaching. Thankfully, I won't have to stop and try to hunt down the original owner of the media I may use in class.
I didn't know very much either. Some of it was very interesting to learn. Especially what is and is not acceptable. I would have never known.
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