Copyright: The War against Piracy is Stifling Creativity
As an educator who utilizes technology in her teaching, I had so many questions about copyright that no one seemed to be able to answer:
What does copyright mean?
Where can I find free-to-use content?
Do Fair Use principles cover me as an educator?
My pursuit of answers that led me down a rabbit hole of information, contradictions, and legal jargon. Unfortunately contemporary copyright laws are convoluted and full of “grey areas”. The hypocrisy of how most laws have been established (through large corporations looking to cash-in) has stunted culture and put limits on creativity in the digital world. While I do believe direct copy and paste piracy should be illegal, today’s restrictions may be crippling today’s Creative Class of learners.
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