Week 6 Writing Prompt Response

Copyright and teaching


In the article, New Copyright Law for Distance Education: The Meaning and Importance of the TEACH Act by Kenneth D. Crews, Professor of Law stated that "The institution is allowed to retain limited copies for limited purposes, but the statute indicates nothing about whether the individual instructor may keep a copy of his or her own instructional program." I think every teacher could use, print out and share this guide as long as you keep the contact information with the link to the website intact. The copyright information was very useful.

For example in my country, Venezuela, with Andean Pact Decision 351 and Venezuela’s 1993 Copyright Law provide the legal framework for the protection of copyrights. The 1993 Copyright Law is modern and comprehensive and extends copyright protection to all creative works, including computer software. A National Copyright Office was established in October 1995 and given responsibility for registering copyrights, as well as for controlling, overseeing and ensuring compliance with the rights of authors and other copyright holders. I think that the Venezuelan copyright and teaching enforcement branch of the police (COMANPI) continues to provide copyright enforcement support with a small staff of permanent investigators.