Sue,
I'm not sure I follow that one. I go back to "record hop" days at school dances, and there never seemed to be an issue with playing copyrighted music. I personally remember DJing an 8th grade dance and playing a lot of Elvis, Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly records that the kids brought in for the dance. And they were 45s, of course. That was all in another universe far, far away.
And now Vince is going to one-up me and talk about the Benny Goodman records he DJed at his 8th grade dance.
My guess is that there are reasonable guidelines on the use of broadcasts. If it is not being sold should be clear. About the size of audience??? If your school has over a 1,000 kids and you cram them all in the gym and use recorded music??? Spaulding has done that in the past. I also think that the minute the signal leaves the building and is available to the general public, the rules might change. Does that include podcasting?
It would be nice to hear some straight skinny on those topics.
Tommy Walz
Technology Coordinator
Barre Supervisory Union
>>> Susan Monmaney <[log in to unmask]> 11/17/2007 8:03 AM >>>
And on a somewhat related topic, what are other schools doing for dances where students are the disc jockeys? There are public performance movie licenses available -- the DOL has contracted for a shared license for VT schools. Is there such a thing for public performances of music for dances or other school events, including in-school broadcasts?
Sue
Susan Monmaney
Technology Coordinator/Teacher
Main Street Middle School
170 Main Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
(802)225-8655
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>>> Stephen Barner <[log in to unmask]> 11/16/07 3:10 PM >>>
At South Burlington, we purchase royalty-free music (meaning we pay for
it once and don't have to pay again for every use). Our SBNN broadcasts
sometimes go out over the local cable channel or are used for other
purposes, but I would think you would want to respect copyright anyway,
as part of what you are teaching the kids.
What I wonder about is our school "radio station," which isn't a radio
station at all, but a broadcast before school over the PA system. Aside
from being wildly obnoxious (the music, not me, I hope), I would be
interested in anyone's take on the playing of copyrighted music, often
from MP3 players, to large audiences (>1,000 people).
--Steve Barner
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From: School Information Technology Discussion
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Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:46 PM
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Subject: copyright and school news podcast
Dear List:
I checked out Lucie's post from earlier in the month, but the document
reads like a research report with no conclusion, and no guidance given.
We have just begun to have students find articles, edit copy, fact
check, and anchor for a newscast. This is a 'club' type project as
opposed to part of a class.
At the moment it is distributed only within the building for copyright
reasons. I would love to talk with people who have actually produced
student news for broadcast.
Some school (maybe S. Burlington) presented at Dynamic Landscapes in
Castleton a few years ago about their project, any update?
I think I have a good handle on what is allowed, but want to discuss it
a bit before we post anything on our website.
thanks,
R.
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