Friday, July 19, 2013

Copyright Awareness for Students (3 minute video)


When students use copyrighted media without proper permissions, there's a mentality that "we won't get caught".  This video will give example of lawsuits and licensing that we should pay attention to and ultimately migrate to a media permissions process that will help meet state standards and the integration of Common Core ethics.

Piracy Proofing Your School


OnLineCrimeIn last month’s article Piracy in Education, we learned how media is pirated in schools and the effects it is having on our U.S. and global economy. 
This month, we will look at ways to piracy proof your school or organization in order to reduce liability, and eliminate lawsuits and out-of-court settlements, while improving media literacy and digital citizenship.
First, an awareness of the common types of pirated media for which schools have been cited is as follows:
• Software   • Music   • Movies   • Books
In this issue, we will focus specifically on software, music and some general guidelines.

Volume 8 - Supreme Soundz released

   
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Pathfinder - Explore Career Paths In Media and Instruction

PathFinder is an interactive experience that helps students explore their area of interest and puts them on a path toward a career doing what they love. (Film, Music, Gaming, Animation, Art & Design, Web,  Live Events and Business)  Brought to you by Full Sail University.

Check it out - http://www.fullsail.edu/#pathfinder

Friday, July 27, 2012

Orlando man convicted of copyright infringement for selling counterfeit CDs at Webster Flea Market

"A 31-year-old man was found guilty of copyright infringement for selling counterfeit CDs at the Webster Flea Market in Sumter County... was convicted Wednesday by a federal jury after he sold for at least five years large amounts of infringed copyrighted material at the flea market... faces up to five years in federal prison and $250,000 in fines"
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-07-26/news/os-man-convicted-in-counterfeit-cds-20120726_1_cds-copyright-webster-flea-market

Thoughts?

Thursday, July 19, 2012

“Breaking” old news in the Superman copyright case

"Other comic news sites are reporting a bombshell development in DC’s legal fight to hold onto the Superman copyright: on Monday, the company filed a court document asserting that the Shuster estate had actually sold its share of the Superman copyright back to DC in 1992 and affirmed this sale in subsequent correspondence."
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/07/18/the-legal-view-breaking-old-news-in-the-superman-copyright-case/

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Madonna Hit With Lawsuit Over 'Vogue' Sample

"Delaware company claims pop star stole portions of their late Seventies song"
"Pointing to a song called "Love Break," released around 1977, VMG claims, "The portions of 'Love Break,' which have been copied into 'Vogue' and all its various 'mixes,' 'remixes,' videos, YouTube versions, etc., are numerous but intentionally hidden. The horn and strings in 'Vogue' are intentionally sampled from 'Love Break' throughout.' "
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/madonna-hit-with-lawsuit-over-vogue-sample-20120713

What are your thoughts?

Monday, July 16, 2012

FREE music- Yes, 100% free

We have a collection of 100% royalty free music that is free of cost to schools!

Be careful when using popular "free music" from other websites for music, pictures, videos, etc- as the terms as to which how free they are will be determined by the artist. 

Most times, they are not actually "free"- especially for schools, for posting online, or, furthermore, for selling the projects. 

You can simply view the licensing for each song off the "free music" website to determine how you can use the music. 

With our music-- you can post online, sell the projects our music is in for fundraising, and even broadcast! The sky is the limit with our music!

& best of all-- our music is screened for education! So, no need to worry about explicit lyrics or content!

We also have a second collection of free music- Student Productions 2012
This is a collection of music from a contest we held in early 2012
It is all student created music and is a collection of the winners. 

So, go forth and be knowledgeable about your music choices!

Enjoy the music!
Cheers,
Diana

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Have you listened to our Volume 7 yet?! And it's only $49! Yes, really! Packed with some AWESOME music-- including much requested hip-hop! http://ping.fm/rCv4o

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Judge Dismisses 'Expendables' Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Sylvester Stallone http://ping.fm/tBmNR

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

The Battle Over Copyright Termination -- And The First Round Goes To . . . http://ping.fm/AL1mO

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

JUST RELEASED: Transportation Soundz! Listen to the sampler of this AWESOME collection here: http://ping.fm/d052q

Monday, June 4, 2012

RT@virgilalligator Berkeley International School Presents My Year in Grade 5.wmv: http://ping.fm/Vv5jk @berkeleybangkok Soundzabound
Gearing up for our next Sound Effects release tomorrow... can you guess what it's gonna be?
Why Soundzabound? Because fair use may not cover all you think it does-- http://ping.fm/dlEnV

Friday, June 1, 2012

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

We hear a lot "I am going to use popular music and cite fair use when asked"-find out why&how fair use may not cover all you think- http://ping.fm/pq4ZK