C&C MS Lesson 1B, Permission NOT Required--Limitations of Copyright
Channel: Copyright & Creativity
Date: 2019-05-28

LESSON 1—Creativity in the Online World: Our Roles as Creators and Consumers | 
https://www.copyrightandcreativity.org/middle-school/ 
This video is designed to supplement Lesson 1 of the Copyright & Creativity Middle School Curriculum. Students learn essential concepts of digital citizenship: 
•  Our roles as consumers and creators of creative work
•  The basic protections of copyright 
•  A high-level view of copyright’s limitations: facts and ideas, fair uses, and copyright’s expiration as creative work falls into the public domain. 

The C&C middle school lessons provide accessible and practical information about copyright – its protections, its limitations, and its role in encouraging creativity. Rather than just emphasizing what copyright prohibits, the goal is to offer useful and positive information about what copyright allows and how students can successfully navigate and rely on copyright in their own roles as creators.  Topics covered include:
•  The basics of what copyright protects and why
•  How copyright applies to students’ own creations
•  How to access and share creative work legally and ethically
•  How students can re-use others’ creative works in their own creations--fair use, Creative Commons, and the public domain.

This video is part of the middle school curriculum found at www.CopyrightandCreativity.org/middle-school/
See also the C&C Professional Development Course for Educators: https://www.copyrightandcreativity.org/professional-development/