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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Copyright for Educators & Librarians by Duke University

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About the Course

Fear and uncertainty about copyright law often plagues educators and sometimes prevents creative teaching. This course is a professional development opportunity designed to provide a basic introduction to US copyright law and to empower teachers and librarians at all grade levels. Course participants will discover that the law is designed to help educators and librarians....

Top reviews

CB

Nov 11, 2016

Very informative course presented by knowledgeable instructors. Gained a greater appreciation for the pros and cons of copyright, in addition to a respect for the complexity and nuance in this area.

SK

Apr 13, 2018

I wish I had taken this course at the very beginning of my graduate studies. I learned so much that would have been useful during my long journey from graduate student, to professor, to archivist.

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By Sara E

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May 29, 2020

It is my pleasure to review this invaluable course. Thank you a lot Mrs. Anne, Mrs. Lisa & Mr. Kevin for your exerted efforts.

Each module you were trying to dig-in more and more and tackle different cases; in order to highlight some modern issues that are relevant to the Copyright. By now I can analyze the concepts of Copyright, Fair Use, TEACH Act, and Public Domain. Thanks a lot! :)

By Anne-Marie I

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Dec 7, 2020

Very good information, easy to follow and understand, and presented in an engaging manner. Great resources and links to very helpful information. I really appreciated being able to download the transcripts; it's easier to highlight what I want to remember than to take notes that I wouldn't be able to read later... Lots of great info that I will be able to refer to in the future.

By Nicolás P

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Aug 30, 2020

I recommend this course to librarians who'd like to learn about copyright, no matter their actual knowledge on the subject. The instructors' explanations are clear and illustrative. The readings are very well selected and support the main points of the course. And the quizzes help understand the theory because you have to take a moment to find the right answers.

By Patricia M

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Jun 15, 2021

Excellent course for faculty and librarians all about copyright. The coverage is generally focused on the US but provides valuable information on international copyright, too. The lectures are divided into small bite size portions which makes it easy for the busy academic to work their way through the material. The resources and readings are high quality.

By Julie E

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Oct 17, 2020

Very informative course! Includes historical information, overview, and especially helpful section towards the end on Fair Use and applying to situations. Also includes helpful tool in the course (A Framework for Analyzing any Copyright Problem). I highly recommend this course and now plan to take the next course course in the series by the same authors!

By Thomas R

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May 6, 2020

This was a very dry subject present in a very useful format. I especially liked the fact that highlighted text followed precisely with the video instruction. I am in post-graduate vocational, career education and if ai can get through this, well, any other professional educator should be able to! Thank you

By Jessica G

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Mar 30, 2021

This course was helpful in my role as a Copyright Specialist because it helped me understand other circumstances for creating permission requests such as how to navigate understanding films and images. It broadened my understanding of the legal considerations of my role as well.

By Abdullah A

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Aug 17, 2018

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By Rahul

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Apr 13, 2020

Well explained! It has a lot of insights into real-life examples. Also, links to the actual law. How cool is that? Though I am from India, this will help me look closer into our own laws surrounding copyrights, especially for music creators, Thank you for this experience.

By Mark W

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Jul 25, 2024

A really enjoyable course, useful and interesting even if you don't work in a field that requires knowledge of how copyright works. The three professors work well together and explain everything clearly and in enough detail to understand but not to get overwhelmed.

By Troy T

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Aug 15, 2015

This course does a great job laying the foundations of a very complicated legal world of digital and other media with repect to what consitutes fair and legal use, verses what is inappropraite use.

A Must Take Course for every student who uses the internet.

By Tai A

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Dec 13, 2020

This course made it easy to understand something that I've struggled to learn on my own, in a relatively quick way. The length of the videos and readings made it convenient to learn while trying to juggle a full-time day job. Highly recommended.

By Claudia M

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Aug 1, 2017

Great introduction to copyright law. The course gives you an overview of how copyright operates in the US and internationally. The materials are a fine balance between succinct and comprehensive. The course was engagingly presented.

By Aryssa D

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Apr 19, 2020

A good review of copyright especially for educators, though librarians also to a degree. You'll cover a lot of ground, but it's very digestible and useful. I loved the quizzes and thought they provided unique, real-world insight.

By J A S

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Mar 25, 2020

I found the information and format to be easy to follow and useful. I rely on the Fair Use questions all the time now to guide my patrons, students, and teachers in their choices.

Thanks for putting together a great course.

By Chetan H M

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Sep 21, 2020

This course has helped me understand the intricacies and nuances of Copyright law. Appreciate the efforts of the Course Instructors in providing informative videos too. Highly recommended course for Librarians and Educators.

By Vinay K C

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Aug 7, 2015

This course offers the most easy and informative way of understanding copyright laws. Though the course appears to focus more on the US Law, the instructors actually offer a guiding framework that can be used globally.

By Esther

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Jun 21, 2020

I worked in an academic library managing course reserves for a couple of years. This class was a great refresher on what I learned during that time. I deepened my knowledge of the subject matter and enjoyed myself.

By Rachel P R (

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Mar 29, 2017

Excellent course, wonderful links to references that will be extremely important even after the class completes. Would like a disclaimer that this class should be taken BEFORE the Copyright for Multimedia class.

By Chia C L

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Sep 15, 2020

thank you for offering this course. As an educator, I have to use a lot of data and factual content in my teaching. it is very useful. But it is really quite a lot and i would need to revisit for some sections.

By Bibin S

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Jun 19, 2020

It is extremely pressure to have received this course to achieve learning and developing my career through the knowledge given from this course section..Thank you and feeling in the course was an insight..

By Jessica B

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May 25, 2020

This course was very informative. The professors were even-toned and easy to follow along; they were engaged in what they discussed and I felt like I got a lot out of their lectures and the support-readings.

By Melodi U

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Jun 1, 2022

Absolutely informative course. I took this course because I have plans to become a librarian someday, but this was also important for my own personal edification as a writer and musician. Great course!

By Lisa H

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Dec 10, 2020

After taking this course, I feel much more confident in addressing my teacher's questions concerning copyright. Thank you for being so thorough and the resources that were provided are very beneficial.

By Chad B

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Nov 12, 2016

Very informative course presented by knowledgeable instructors. Gained a greater appreciation for the pros and cons of copyright, in addition to a respect for the complexity and nuance in this area.