Hello everybody this is my week 4 blog for LIS 568. This week we focus on copyright law especially those that fall under “Fair Use” (and Richardson’s chapter on blogging) Fair Use is such a complex thing but I feel Simpson does a pretty good job of explaining the law behind it. Obviously there is no easy solution to explain to teachers how the law works every time. Instead as the book explains each case requires a weighing of the pros and cons and only then can a decision about its legality be made.
As always the Richardson chapter does a great job of showing why blogging can be so useful and how to get started. For anyone unsure about what blogs are or how to use them they should read this chapter.
I also watched the Lawrence Lessig presentation. Its kinda long (about an hour) However he raises some important questions about how copyright law has changed and the inherent problems that we as librarians will continue to face.
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