Technology, ethics and copyrights

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               Well, I wrote about the same topic which we are learning this week in EDUC 639 4 months ago on a discussion board of EDUC 631 class. what I discussed that time in Educ 631 was that as a writer I have several articles written on the website familia.com.br, I wrote those articles after studying a lot about each topic and also some of them were written based on my own experience as an educator, so, they are unique and inspired.
             My feelings are that nobody can use them and pretend they wrote them. In this line of thinking, I believe that each person should learn from kindergarten about copyrights and the effect of plagiarism.
In the two presentational videos: Ask the Expert presented by Dr. David Brown and Dr. Tyler Veak, I learned more how liberty is aware of plagiarism, and they are using software protection (plagiarism prevention software) to make sure teachers know that the student is being honest. Thus, it is surprising the number of students trading their work. However, I also to be honest, really didn’t know when I should use or not use a video in my classroom or get the worksheet for my students from online web resources.
I also like that Liberty University is working to make sure the Liberty students understand the importance of these topics and make sure that all documents are original from the student. The points that were unclear are the part about how the punishment does not match the crime, so what is the punishment if the student is caught cheating what is the real punishment?
  Seidenberg, S. (2014) states that “the purpose of copyright law is to protect inventors, to be unique and not to copy the work of others.”  The laws of copyrights are too old and need to be updated for the velocity of the development of technology.
              Additionally, I believe with the technology that we have and with new ones that are being created, it will be possible to catch someone using the copyrighted material fast. But there is complexity in this issue. There is a need for new laws and changes in the IP policies that keep up with the velocity of new technologies. “Any collection of laws as complex as those related to IP will take time to create and enact, so it is not surprising that these statues lag behind technological, societal, and cultural advances“ (Simonson et al,  p.276)
 
References
 Seidenberg, S. (2014). Music Sales Are Hurt by Copyright Infringement. In C. Ullmann & L. M. Zott (Eds.), Opposing Viewpoints. Copyright Infringement. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press. (Reprinted from ABA Journal, 2010, June, 96[6]) Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.liberty.edu/apps/doc/EJ3010595244/OVIC?u=vic_liberty&sid=OVIC&xid=ff4e4c51
 
Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S. (2015). Teaching and learning at a distance: Foundations of distance education. (6th ed.) Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.