7 Discussion questions
Open Education and Open Access each depend upon certain types of copyright licenses to function. Without them, the movements simply would not exist as we know them. Authors’ rights agreements, sharing, revision and reuse, Fair Use, Public Domain, issues of access are all essential knowledge bases for this kind of work. And all that starts with overall knowledge of the basics of copyright. Again, a good starting point for thinking about this sometimes-daunting world of copyright is to consider your experiences in the context of what you’ve learned this week.
Try watching these videos if you need a boost:
Copyright for Writers
—from the U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright for Visual Artists
—from the U.S. Copyright Office
What Musicians Should Know About Copyright
—from the U.S. Copyright Office
Discussion
Consider what you’ve learned this week in a professional context. This could be past, relating to your work experience, present, relating to your current educational or professional experiences, or future, relating to projects you wish to undertake in the future.
- Did anything in these videos surprise you?
- Which of these aspects of copyright might be most important in your professional or creative life?
- Have you already dealt with issues of copyright relating to writing, music, or visual arts?
