Teaching+Copyright+with+Remix

**Teaching Copyright and Fair Use with Remix and Mashup: Basic Information**
 * Exhibitor: ** Matt Mena-Landry
 * Learning Community: ** S
 * Department: ** Media Arts Studio
 * Featured Technology: ** Video and Audio Editing (Final Cut Pro, Photoshop and Garageband)

I’ve been editing video and audio for 10 years. I became interested in copyright education as part of media literacy about 5 years ago and have been trying new things whenever I can. I started working with the idea of mashup recently as a way to push the boundaries of copyright and fair use understanding. It pushes us all to think about how original works can be used in different contexts.
 * When and how were you first exposed to this technology/application? **

My goal is to promote a deep understanding of copyright law as it pertains to media producers. First I want my students to think of themselves as media producers. I then want them to be aware of the ownership they have on their work.Finally, we move into sharing work, remixing work, and legally using other work in new original work. Modern digital media editing software makes this much easier than it used to be.
 * What motivated you to learn this technology? What was your vision of how using this technology with your students/adult learners would enhance their learning? **

The concept is quite complicated, and while I don’t think any of the students were able to successfully remix or mashup original copyright work in a fair use way, I do think they developed an understanding of what that is and how to do it.They also developed an understanding of using work that is legal to use, such as work in the public domain or work released under a creative commons license.
 * What pleased you about the results of your integration of this technology? **

I used many online resources to familiarize myself with the concept and history of remix and mashup. I also used online resources to view examples of fair use remix and mashup media.
 * How easy – and hard --was it to learn how to use this technology? What/who helped you learn it? **

My wiki for this class is here: http://crlswebmedia.wikispaces.com/Copyright+Fair+Use

My moodle page for the class can be found at: []

I’m always interested in thinking about new ways to tell a story and to use different types and sources of media to tell stories. This has been an exploration into those concepts. I’m still not sure how successful it actually is, outside of learning the basic concepts of copyright and fair use and developing a further understanding of the technology. This is good enough for me at this point
 * What new/different ways to you think you might use this technology in the future? **

Any teacher doing a media project in class should be teaching the basics of copyright and fair use, just as we teach plagiarism when we assign research papers. Hopefully this presentation helps extend that thinking.
 * To whom do you recommend this technology application/tool – and why? **

I think that many teachers already think of doing things like this with Collage, and even research papers. I am trying to extend the thinking to different types of media production. I want students to be aware of the sources of the media they use and learn to attribute creators correctly.

Resources:
http://crlswebmedia.wikispaces.com/ - Wiki that I created for the Web and Digital Media Course http://mdlmedia.wikispaces.com/ - My personal Wiki with Many resources [] - My personal Blog //Copyright Criminals// - Documentary on Remix and Copyright by Kembrew McCloud