This is seen so often in the classroom and outside of the classroom. Growing up, one of the many forms of technology that my teachers would use was Youtube. On Youtube, we would watch parody videos about whatever subject we were learning combined with a popular song that we all knew. These videos were fun to watch as a younger learner because it kept our attention and gave us a catchy tune to sing for the rest of the day. Copyright allows for whoever to make these parody videos in fair use which is mainly seen as using the tune of the song and replacing the words to match the subject at hand.
“Purpose – Is the purpose academic, commercial, personal, religious, accessibility? No purpose wholly exonerates or implicates, but it does tip the balance along with the other three parameters.”
Out of the four parameters listed for things to think of when deciding if a copyrighted material was fair use, I think that purpose was the most important. The meaning behind why someone would use copyright material would be the most important because you get an idea of what their goal was behind using it. Most people do not intend to illegally use copyright, I think that a lot of people are just not educated enough on it so they might slip up. That is why figuring out their purpose for it helps see their intentions behind it.
This was one of the common ways that an item will enter the Public Domain. I did not even know copyright expired and I am not sure if that was common knowledge or not. I think as an instructor this is something important to know because it can help when using materials from the past and whether knowing it is fair or not.
