iBook Author and Copyright

iBook Author is a wonderful content-creation app that allows teachers to create and publish multimedia, interactive textbooks online. This app is not only free, but easy to use and offers templates to assist with the writing process as well. You can import text, images and videos and export your published document to share with others. This all sounds too good to be true, and it is! But one concern that you need to be aware of is the copyright issue surrounding the use of this app. As always, you need to be aware of copyright infringement and what it means when producing any work. Here is a video that I came across that may help you to identify what you need to do to avoid any issues. In the meantime, happy creating!

iBooks Author

iBooks Copyright Video

Tech Research Class

Copyright Lab Task: Review the following Youtube videos and compare/contrast using the sheet provided in class.
“My Sweet Lord” performed by George Harrison
“He’s So Fine” performed by The Chiffons

“I Want a New Drug” performed by Huey Lewis and the News
“Ghostbusters” performed by Pay Parker, Jr.

Copyright Article: Due by next class...
Read the following article and respond to this blog post by commenting on the following:

Courthouse Rock by Steve Levy
Do you think that suing pirates works to stop piracy?
This article was written in 2003...looking at how sharing music is handled in 2009, was the music industry out of touch with consumers or is it the same?
Does it matter morally?