Copyright Assignment

This video, posted by espnchris (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET_5cx02Bwg&feature=related) is both a good and bad example of something that is copyrighted and should be cited on the internet.

If you follow the link to the actually Youtube page, you see a note from espnchris explaining that all of the logos are backwards because he couldn't get copyright permission from the NFL to post something online using their copyrighted images. Thus, espnchris does a good job in altering the image so that it is different enough that it doesn't break copyright (I think...I'm still a little unclear if copyright is still violated if the image/video/music is altered).

Unfortunately, espnchris gives no credit to Saturday Night Light, NBC (SNL's home network), or nbc.com, which is where this clip was pulled from. There is a severe lack of proper citation in this delectable posting.

Also unfortunate is the fact that I am breaking copyright because this video is more than 3 minutes long. Could we please go over in class how to shorten videos so we can show parts of them without violating copyright?  I will definitely take this video down after this class is completed.

It would also be nice to discuss how to properly cite cross-internet sources. Whenever I post a video clip on my Facebook wall, is that violating copyright?

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This first post contains the link to my Class Website, just in case you need to find it again for grading purposes or something. The next post will fulfill the Copy Right Assignment.


https://sites.google.com/site/ghsenglishclasswebsite/