This is a video from YouTube that was made to introduce the Bill of Rights for a civics or social studies classroom. All of the images used were educational images and they appeared like they could have come from a Creative Commons website. However, there were no citations given for where the pictures were retrieved from so a person could not go and find the pictures if they wanted to, which is a violation of Copyright laws. Also, an entire song of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes was played, and although the song was downloaded off iTunes and the name of the song was listed, I believe this could hurt the business of the song and prevent it from being purchased in the future because the whole song is played and put on the internet.
While I was watching this video, I had a question concerning copyright laws for when I am a teacher. As a teacher, could I just take a video like this and show it in my classroom? How does it work with getting videos other people have made off of YouTube? This would be useful to use as a teacher but I'm unsure about what the copyright laws are on that. . .If anyone knows that would be helpful!
Amanda, you can use Youtube videos in your classroom sure. Mostly I just want you to know how to create your own videos so they are correct ethically before YOU put them on Youtube. But if you find it on Youtube, you should be able to use it unless it's an egregious error (obviously stealing something and posting it when it shouldn't be). Some schools block youtube, so you may want to download it using various youtube download programs, or making a screencast of it using Jing or something.
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