I've just found out that the teacher I worked with couldn't have legally copyrighted the worksheets he did. In our text, Copyright for Schools: A Practical Guide, the author states that if a teacher is doing worksheets for a grade they are teaching, those worksheets are the property of the school district they work for, even if they are done at home! (p. 23) Amazing! It doesn't sound quite fair! I did copy a picture off google images, to the right. If I added: www.thefeltsource.com Image may be scaled down and subject to copyright, would that be enough? If you want to do things legally, how much do you need to notate? How much permission do you need?
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When it comes to schools and copyright the lines are usually blurred. We have the copyright policy displayed above the copying machines but I am sure that next to none of the teachers have read the statement.
I haven't begun reading our textbook, but I know with schools, many things fall under Fair Use. I didn't know that worksheets I create belong to the school district. I doubt my district knows that either! :)
I rather think that things I create on my own time should be my own. Interesting that legally that isn't always so.
I took the picture off. Too nervous...I don't know the answer to my question. Is giving the author credit and putting down all of the information for a website enough?
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