The initial reason for my blog site was to discuss the controversial issue of the limitations on internet access in schools; nonetheless, this raises a very important topic concerning copyright issues.
If children are utilizing the internet in schools as an educational resource it may cause a problem with copyright. For instance, if children use YouTube as a resource to upload and share information to their peers they are facing copyright issues. According to the Digital Material Copyright Act (DMCA) summary under section 512 it “limits the liability of service providers in circumstances where the provider merely acts as a data conduit, transmitting digital information from one point on a network to another at someone else’s request” which states that the average person is liable for providing a copy of the original not the service provider. If a child is using YouTube to upload and share information with others they may be participating in copyright infringement. Children will be using the internet thinking they are using it for their educational and social advantage when in truth they are more than likely, as stated by the DMCA, to be breaking copyright laws.
First children are limited when it comes to internet access in schools and if they are given the opportunity to explore the internet they will then be confronted with copyright issues. What are we to do? A possible resolution to the topic would be to educate children in schools of copyright infringement when using the internet. By explaining to children of infringement they would be less likely to involve themselves in such circumstances, and by teaching children these matters they will be responsibly utilizing the internet. Therefore, this may possibly resolve the issue on children being limited on internet access in schools for the concerns of misbehavior and influences from the internet
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act-- i know, it sounds over the top, but that's what it says on the cover of the document. great point though, that the means through which learning happens (repetitions, sharing, reproduction, manipulation, play) all have the potential for infringing on copyright if consumer-end services like YouTube are used. That's why we have black Board on campus, to keep everything in the educational realm, and therefor within fair use. But Black Board is terrible. Another site is Moogle. It is open source, which is why most campuses refuse to use it: too hard to prove compliance with DMCA
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