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Four laws teachers should know about

kyleekennedy1 — 2025-02-05 17:02:41 UTC

COPPA

parkergcsu — 2025-02-05 17:06:15 UTC

COPPA stands for the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. It's a U.S. law designed to protect the privacy of children under 13 years old when they use the internet. COPPA requires websites collecting info from kids under 13 to have parental consent and clear privacy policies. If the site isn’t COPPA-compliant, the teacher could accidentally put students’ data at risk, possibly exposing it to third parties.

CIPA (California Invasion of Privacy Act)

kyleekennedy1 — 2025-02-05 17:07:59 UTC

CIPA was an act passed in 2000 by the U. S Congress to address concerns about what children were able to find online at school. CIPA imposes curtain rules about what children are allowed to search online.

Understanding COPPA

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What happens if you break COPPA?

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Breaking COPPA can lead to hefty fines, lawsuits, reputational damage, and legal restrictions. The FTC enforces compliance, ensuring online services protect kids' data.

Strength and weaknesses about CIPA in school

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What happens if you break CIPA

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If you are caught breaking the laws for CIPA:

If it is charged as a misdemeanor, you can be thrown into jail for a year. You could also be fined $2,500 per violation.

If it is charged as a felony you can send up to 16 months in jail or 3 years. You can get fined $10,000 per violation.

Example:

parkergcsu — 2025-02-05 17:29:57 UTC

A teacher finds a great online learning tool and wants her class to sign up and practice on it. When the class goes to sign up, the website asks for personal info (like name, email, and age) and the teacher has her students sign up without checking if it follows COPPA or getting parent permission.

parkergcsu — 2025-02-05 17:37:24 UTC

FERPA

parkergcsu — 2025-02-05 17:38:07 UTC

FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. It ensures that schools must get written permission before sharing a student’s records with third parties, except in specific cases like safety concerns or legal requirements.

Understanding FERPA

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Example:

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Posting grades online by student name or social security number, or discussing a student’s grades with someone who is not authorized to know.

What happens if you break FERPA

parkergcsu — 2025-02-05 17:43:53 UTC

Breaking FERPA can result in serious consequences, including the loss of federal funding for the institution, disciplinary action against individuals involved (such as warnings, suspension, or termination), legal claims for damages, and reputational damage. FERPA protects the privacy of student education records, and violating it by unlawfully disclosing student

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Example:

kyleekennedy1 — 2025-02-05 17:46:33 UTC

A teacher could intentionally or unintentionally send their students a website to reach on but it has access to hate speech, violence, or graphic image.

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Fair Use of Copyright

stephaniecon29 — 2025-02-12 02:10:01 UTC

Copyright is the legal protection for creators of original work. This could include literature, music, and art. This controls how their work is also used and distributed.

Exclusive Rights

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These rights include reproducing the work, creating derivative works, and distributing copies to the public through sale, transfer, rental, lease, or lending. They can also perform their works publicly if they are literary, musical, dramatic, choreographic, or audio.

Fair Use for Teachers

stephaniecon29 — 2025-02-12 02:20:45 UTC

Fair use, under section 107 of the 1976 Copyright Act, allows for the use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes. For example, using a two-page excerpt from a three-hundred-page book is likely fair use, while taking two pages from a six-page publication may not be. It balances educational access with copyright protection, ensuring that educational use is possible without restricting access to information.

Copyright For Students or the Classroom

stephaniecon29 — 2025-02-12 02:27:46 UTC

The TEACH Act introduced the Classroom Use Exemption, allowing copyrighted works to be performed and displayed if the copy is lawfully obtained, used for instructional purposes at a non-profit institution, and shown in a face-to-face setting. For instance, a professor can play an entire symphony in a music class but cannot broadcast it to students at home or distribute copies. This exemption covers all media types, including music and fine art, provided they meet the same criteria.

What about the public?

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To ensure safe use, rely on public domain materials, which aren't protected by copyright. This includes works by federal government employees during their duties and those published before 1923. It's crucial to verify the copyright status of each work, as unpublished works created before 1923 are still protected for the author's life plus 70 years.

Thicke vs. Gaye

stephaniecon29 — 2025-02-12 02:34:12 UTC

One of the most famous copyright infringement cases involved Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams with their song "Blurred Lines," which was found to show a significant resemblance to Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up." The court sided with Marvin Gaye's heirs, leading to substantial damages for Thicke and Williams.

PDF Document for Kids!

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Example of Teacher Copyright Infringement

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An example of a teacher committing copyright infringement is a high school principal in Houston who bought study guides from DynaStudy, and then illegally copied and distributed them to students despite clear prohibitions against copying. The teacher even acknowledged the infringement in an email to the principal. Some copies were posted online, leading to a lawsuit and a $9.2 million verdict against the school district. This case underscores the importance of respecting copyright laws, even in educational settings.

Five Examples of Copyright

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Books: The text of a novel is protected by copyright.
Music: A song’s lyrics and melody are copyrighted.
Art: Paintings and sculptures are copyright protected.
Films: Scripts, soundtracks, and recordings in movies are copyrighted.
Software: Computer programs are protected by copyright.

kyleekennedy1 — 2025-02-12 04:29:23 UTC