Situation: Marty teaches 3rd grade at a very low income public school. Her two colleagues copy 60 multiplication music Cd's for their classes. They charge $1 per CD. They put the money into a field trip fund to help get their classes on a field trip because the funding has been cut.
Fantastic results! Marty's colleague's classes are humming away multiplication facts. Also, $60 closer to a field trip to the SF symphony.
Marty had recently taken an ITEC class where she learned about fair use copy right laws. She knew that making multiple copies of the CD for her class was clearly illegal. So she charged $9 per copy of the CD with integrity. None of her students purchased the CD. She raised no money for a her field trip.
She thought to herself...how "fair" is this fair use law. In a world where ethics, and equity seem so off balance. Two wrongs don't make a right, but here we are...
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