The school was very cautious not break copyright laws regarding local businesses. What they did not consider were the copyright laws governing the videos they were showing. I believe the school is in violation of copyright in this situation; fair use does not apply here.
- Although the school may have purchased the videos they were showing they do not have the right to show the video to the public or to large groups of people. There is a special license for that.
- The school is not changing the use of the videos for an educational purpose. Students are not learning/creating something new by putting videos on a loop for a festival day.
- The school is not using the videos to enhance a lesson or curriculum; they are using it for a festival day.
I really tried to make five points from this prompt, but really there are only three. The school did not buy (unless that information was left out) the proper viewing rights for the videos to show them during a festival. The videos are not being edited and applied to new learning for an educational purpose (though some would argue fun is educational). And they are not being used to enhance a lesson or curriculum.
(3/4)
Actually, the videos were from the school library, so the school had purchased "educational use" licenses. However, your other points underscore that this was not an educational use. You are quite correct.
ReplyDeleteThe 5 point rule applies mostly to the Game-Based Learning track. :-)