Streaming Thoughts » ponderings http://bcsmith.edublogs.org Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:13:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Is this Copyright Infringement? http://bcsmith.edublogs.org/2009/03/05/is-this-copyright-infringement/ http://bcsmith.edublogs.org/2009/03/05/is-this-copyright-infringement/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0000 Brian http://bcsmith.edublogs.org/2009/03/05/is-this-copyright-infringement/ copyright_creationsA local teacher recently confronted potential copyright infringement issues during a learning experience with what I think is a good idea.  Her solution was to encourage students to re-create photographs they found on Google Images for use in producing public service announcements.

While discussing this with her, I came to wonder if the re-creation of a photograph is a violation of copyright.  Does the copyright holder have rights to the photograph or the idea/creativity behind the photo or both?

This is where the copyright line gets really blurred.  I’m thankful for a local group of library media specialists and educators who contributed to this wiki article on copyright which states:

Original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, or systems, although it may protect the way these things are expressed.

But I’m still confused.  Is the re-creation of the photo above infringing on copyright of the original photographer?

Photo Credits:
http://mkerkezis.blog.fairport.org/files/2009/02/b14.jpg
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09_03/CyberBullyREX_468×366.jpg

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