Copyrights and Team Videos

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Originally Posted by Koko Ed

FIRST could care less about thing that they do not directly sanction.
If they aren't judging it for an award they aren't going to bother chasing teams around over such things because they have enough to do than worry about it.

I'm sorry, when I said "FIRST" I meant "FIRST teams." As Mentors and Coaches it is our job to guide our students in the proper use of tools and information, is it not? We teach our students how to use power tools, programing languages, and other 'tools' properly. Most teams also have great business plans and are run in the model as a small corporation. I just find it troubling that we are not teaching our kids the appropriate use of the internet. We work and play under the banner of "gracious professionalism" in 'real life,' but I think we are dropping the ball when it comes to preparing our students to be good virtual citizens. Could you imagine what would happen to a small company that does what most FIRST teams do?


PS: even in education you cannot use anything anyway you want. There are specific rules for using copyrighted materials. For example: you may only use 10% or 30 seconds (whichever is smaller) of a single piece of music. Using an entire AC/DC song is not fair use even for educational purposes.