[A2k] Cost of Copyright Confusion

[Sean Flynn]

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2007
The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy Education

Join us on the campus of American University in Washington DC where we
release the report of our research on copyright, fair use and media
literacy education.

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Confused about copyright? You are not alone.

Media literacy educators rely on the ability to use copyrighted
materials in their teaching. But ignorance about copyright (and
particularly a lack of awareness of the fair use provision) is
interfering with the ability to teach important critical thinking and
communication skills to promote digital learning.

Please join Professors Renee Hobbs of Temple University, Peter Jaszi of
the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at American
University Washington College of Law and Pat Aufderheide of the Center
for Social Media in the School of Communication at American University
on Tuesday, September 25, for the release of their report, The Cost of
Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy. The event starts at 2pm,
followed by a reception.

Participants include will include high school teachers affected by
copyright regulations, representatives from the media literacy movement,
and leading legal scholars in the area of copyright, fair use, and
education. Panelists will explore such issues as:

*	What do teachers know (and do not know) about copyright?
*	How does copyright confusion limit the quality of student
learning?
*	What are effective solutions to this problem?


Who: Pat Aufderheide will moderate the event. A panel of scholars,
including Hobbs, Jaszi, and Kenneth Crews, a legal scholar at Indiana
University School of Law-Indianapolis and author of Copyright Law for
Librarians and Educators, will discuss the findings of the report.
Following the panel, the following people will discuss the meaning of
the report for their organizations and work:

*	Dale Allender, Director, National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE)-West, the leading professional membership organization for
English language arts educators.
*	Shay Taylor, media teacher at Montgomery Blair High School,
Silver Spring, Maryland.
*	Karen Zill, on the board of directors of the Alliance for a
Media Literate America (AMLA), the national membership organization for
media literacy


We look forward to seeing you there and chatting with you at the
reception!

Where: American University, Washington College of Law, Room 603
4801 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC
Driving Directions and Parking information available at:
http://www.wcl.american.edu/direction/driving.cfm

When: Tuesday, September 25, 2:00 p.m. Reception to follow.

The event will be webcast at http://www.wcl.american.edu/go/medialit

Registration is appreciated to assist us estimate attendance for
purposes of ordering refreshments, but is not required to attend. To
register, visit, http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm
or
email:  pijip@wcl.american.edu