On Tuesday, we had another in-class guest speaker for the online journalism class. Rosemary Chase, a copyright officer, gave great information about citing sources online. I found it interesting when she said, "The newspaper is not all facts, it is an expression of the facts." Also, I never stopped to think that teachers playing movies would be an issue for copyright infringement. I remember back in elementary, middle and high school when teachers would just run movies all day if nothing was planned. I guess we should all take a look at our education system anyway.
The main points from her presentation were to cite sources and to understand that other companies and organizations want traffic on their sites instead of yours. A major mistake is not citing images, which should be done right under or next to the image in a caption, so that the citation is visible wherever it goes. It was great information and I felt as though it should be included in English courses as part of the GMU Honor Code because some students feel that a reference or bibliography page might be enough.
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