As a future educator/U.S. citizen it is extremely important to know about copyright and the rules we must follow in order to legally use resources we find on the internet/other places. I know that I will be using a lot of resources in order to facilitate learning and to make lessons more fun, so I will have to be making sure that what I am using is legal and that I am using it in a legal way.
Something that people should be aware of is that even if there is no copyright symbol on a certain product, it is still copyrighted. That being said, we need to be extra careful when we are using books/music/templates that were made by others. Another thing I have learned is how long copyright actually lasts (70 years after the death of the author). It is nice that I won't have to worry about using adapted version of classic stories, because they no longer have copyrights.
I was definitely not aware that we are not legally allowed to show movies in class because it would be an audience of 10 or more students. That really bummed me out, because I remember in school having movie days right before holiday breaks, etc. Apparently there are sites where you can legally stream shows like "The Magic School Bus", "Reading Rainbow", and other educational shows, so that will be a nice tool to use. On the other hand, I'm still sort of sad about not being able to show fun movies in class (probably because it was a memory I had from my own childhood).
Copyright is frustrating to me at times because of how MANY rules there really are. On the other hand, I do understand the reasons for copyright and giving authors due credit for the things they have created.
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