Obviously, copyright is as BIG topic! For my Action Research project, I worked with
choral students. I know how much music
motivates students. Of course, we have
iMusic loops, etc. and we can produce our own music. BUT, music that the
students already love and recognize have such a greater impact when you want to
get their attention. Really, what is
wrong with making a video for my classroom and using a song that the students
already know and love to help teach the lesson?
During Wimba, some were commenting in the chat box on the
use of movies as teaching tools. Movies are
such great teaching tools. It’s one of
those situations where I wish that companies could spend one day in a public
school classroom. By no means to I
depend on media like that. In fact, I
haven’t used it all that much –comparatively speaking. I’m just saying: when there is a concept that I want to
teacher and there is a great movie or song or movie clip that demonstrates the
principle, what is really wrong with me using it to demonstrate the point? When movies are written, isn’t the purpose of
the work to communicate certain themes, etc.?
Isn’t that part of the art? So,
there’s this great message out there that is communicated by this great song or
great movie that hits the nail on the head artistically because it is a near
perfect representation of what the artist wanted to communicate, but it can’t
be used for instruction.
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I am an avid believer and supporter of artists getting their
share. I want people to be totally and
completely blessed by the work they produce – financially, emotionally, and
every other way. Consumers should do the
right thing and purchase music. I just
think a lot is lost when creative expression –that is I assumed was intended to
reach people does it’s job and there are such excessive limits placed on it.
During Wimba, Pete commented on how the paradigm is
shifting. He is a lot more familiar with
–I will say- the industry than I am. I
look forward seeing what changes are ahead.
I am so excited that there are so many ways for artists to get their
work out there. The technologies that
have brought music production to the laptop computer level are doing so much
for musicians to get their work out there:
mom and pop shop musicians can bypass corporate conglomerates and have
an international audience, be it large or small: Beautiful!
As I continue to process this, for me, I think the bottom line is that I
struggle with the amount of control that is exercised over human expression. I don’t have an answer. I don’t know if there is an answer. From watching Good Copy, Bad Cody; it is
obvious that the answers are as diverse as the cultures, customs and people who
produce the creativity we consume.
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