This article gave a very good overview of what is okay and what is not okay for copyright use. Copyright 101 focused on intellectual property laws, which are “designed to encourage the creation of original works, to stimulate creativity in society in general, and to protect and promote the creation and use of products of the human mind” (page 10).
Also included in this article was the definition of copyright, the U.S. copyright law defined, and fair use defined. A major passage of the fair use was very beneficial for teachers and educators wishing to use resources of others for instructional purposes and personal resources. What I really liked about this article were the good and bad examples of fair use. Although I already have learned (quite some time ago) that it is not okay to photocopy an entire book or textbook (or any form of literature or “work”), there may be some people coming across this article that may not have known that.
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