Here is a scan of the printout I made of the PowerKids Life Science Database's "MicroHike" which I referenced in the I Spy: Near and Far family program : http://librarieslearnlead.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-spy-near-and-far.html
I feel that sharing this scan is within the fair use and educational copyright clauses.
I wonder if it would still have been within copyright if I gave a copy of this handout and a piece of string to the the families as their "take-away" item ... ?
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Storytelling vs. Story Sharing and Copyright vs. Creative Commons
As a still newish member of the National Storytelling Network (NSN), I'm viewing my librarian story sharing in a different light. I'm considering the art of storytelling (with the attention on oral aspects and audience feedback) removed from the science of early literacy and removed from story sharing techniques that rely on the book as a prop. I'm also understanding the prevelance of sharing personal stories or folktales. Why? Copyright issues.
What if a storytelling artist wants to share a story that is originally from a picturebook (the oral, performing artist wants to bring a story to a different audience through a different sense) and the original writer is not a performance artist? (Some writers, such as Patricia Polacco, Charles R. Smith Jr. and Chris Raschka, can perform their story as well as produce a physical form!) The retelling artist must seek permission, of course.
Following the suggestion of my listserv friends from NSN, I did email Paul Owen Lewis in hopes that he would let me retell his Frog Girl, a perfect family story whose theme fits "One World, Many Stories." Today, I have gotten his permission to retell it for not-for-profit settings!
On a related note, I'm exploring the idea of Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/ licenses. Anyone have thoughts and experiences with this?
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