The use of pictures, video and music files in school presentations, classroom lessons and on district websites is not a new phenomenon in New Jersey. However, a teacher or student’s natural inclination to utilize current photos or videos to illustrate a point carries with it certain legal pitfalls that may catch a school district unaware, … Continued
Using materials created by other people in a school project isn't necessarily a violation of the copyright laws. Students routinely lift images from web pages to illustrate a science project or quote passages from books in class papers. While the copyright law often protects such materials, the act of copying them ...
Copyright is never an easy issue. From Rogers vs. Koons, to Vanilla Ice vs. David Bowie, learn from these 5 famous copyright infringement cases...
