Chelsey Kiger

Rudy Rico
EDCI 270
Case Study Narrative
September 16, 2015
CASE 1 Copyright, Fair Use, Creative Commons Scenario 4
In this scenario Denise is asked to pioneer a new flipped classroom imitative. Since
she starts the year out with a multicultural unit, she decided to post a video on YouTube that
her students would be able to watch at home in order to be prepared for class. Although
Denise did not feel like she was doing anything wrong, she was. Denise committed copyright
infringement when she posted the educational vendors video because it wasnt her video to
share.
Although Denise only posted the video with the intention of just her students
watching it, she didnt think about anyone else on YouTube. Anyone on YouTube could
watch the video, it was public to everyone. If Denise would have posted the video privately,
or put it on a website only public to her students, she would not have had a problem. A
private video would not have allowed everyone on YouTube to see it, just her students. A
private website, like Blackboard, would have allowed her students to watch the video
without the general public also being able to.
Since the educational vendor had a copyright on the video, she was in the wrong. It
was not her video to share and publicize, it was the companys. She should have looked at
the vendors copyright policy. When she posted the video on YouTube, she took away the
vendors right to distribute and sell. Now everyone can see the video without having to pay
for it. Now, the vendor is losing business because of Denise.
Although Denise was using it for an educational purpose, and probably thought it
would be put under fair use, she was still committing copyright infringement. Fair use would
have covered it up if she was only letting her students see it online. A way for Denise to get
around the copyright, would be to see if the educational vendor utilized Creative Commons.
Creative Commons works like copyright, but allows others to share their content as long as
they give them credit. If the educational vendor had Creative Commons, Denise would be
safe. She would have been able to share the video, but she would have had to give the vendor
credit.