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Allowing students to use the district Internet system to download copyrighted material, such as MP3 files of popular music. Districts must closely evaluate Web traffic to ensure that students are not using the district Internet system as a vehicle to exchange copyrighted materials. Such activity would result in a significant amount of traffic and should be easily detectable by an astute system administrator.

What can the kids put up online? What is legal in the classroom? Many schools strictly prohibit copying from workbooks. Some of these have been revised recently, and they still use the 1976 act for guidance. Assume the guidelines are designed to prevent the institutions from getting sued. Copyright Counts Even if administrators, teachers, librarians and parents who make copies think it is correct because they are doing it 'for the kids' are breaking the law. TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO CITE THE SOURCE It is very difficult to come up with a new idea. Make sure your students learn how to CITE THEIR SOURCE

Copyright Scavanger Hunt As a student, what can you use copyrighted music for in an educational setting? How much of a copyrighted song can you use in a student project? As a teacher, how much of a movie (motion media) can you legally use?