Re: GEN- copyright police

[Toni Koontz <akoontz@CDEDUCATION.ORG>]

Let me repeat - we can explain, train, educate, re-iterate -also,  we can
say "no" and still not be the police-

A few have asked how come we have become the ones saying "no" - because in
our unique positions, we are the ones who deal daily with the equipment, the
media, the actual items that are being used  and the responsibility for
maintaining them. And so, we are also the ones who have the knowledge, the
training and the responsibility for saying "no".  However, if someone
chooses not to follow our advice, that is THEIR responsibility- not ours. We
can and should cover ourselves, as many have suggested, and paper trails are
great ways to prove that we have indeed ecucated the others and made them
aware of the consequences.

But, ultimately, the final responsibility is theirs, and theirs alone.


Toni Koontz
St. Charles Preparatory School
Columbus OH
akoontz@cdeducation.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Stedman" <jps9452@wideopenwest.com>
To: "Toni Koontz" <akoontz@cdeducation.org>; <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 3:27 AM
Subject: Re: GEN- copyright police


The reality of the situation may be, however, that copyright police is one
of the many hats we wear. For example, the parent organization may want to
use the school and its equipment to host a movie night without aquiring
public performance rights. It may fall within the realm of the the media
specialist's duties to be the person who says "No."

It is important to have district policies (and administrators!) in place
that will support the media specialist should this kind of situation occur.
This helps us maintain our role as the resident expert on what is allowed
under the law, rather than the enforcer of that law.

Joe


At 02:15 PM 6/19/03 -0400, Toni Koontz wrote:
>According to Linda Cornette, a copyright specialist and former president of
>our Ohio Educational Library Media  Association, we should never be the
>copyright police. ...
>We can educate, train, explain, re-iterate, but  we should never feel
>obligated or be made to feel that we should be the copyright police.
>
>
>Toni Koontz
>St. Charles Preparatory School
>Columbus OH
>akoontz@cdeducation.org
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "April and Paul Mayo" <amayo13@BELLSOUTH.NET>
>To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 6:57 PM
>Subject: GEN
>
>
>..."Should the media specialist be the copyright police in the
>school?"  I want to use factual information along with personal
>opinions.  I wanted to ask other media specialists where they stand on
>this issue.  Anything that you can offer will be appreciated.
>
>April Mayo, Media Specialist
>Crescent Elementary
>amayo13@bellsouth.net

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Joe Stedman
Library Media Center Director
Gombert Elementary School
2707 Ridge Road
Aurora, IL  60504
http://gombert.ipsd.org/index.htm

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