Copyright+and+Piracy+Webquest

During our summer training before Krimmel opened we spent some time on webquests. This is one that I built on Copyright and Piracy. In your spare time (hahahaha) take a look and make some edits. Since this unit won't come around again this year, we've got loads of time!

**Introduction** The Government has formed a new team to crack down on piracy and has hired your team to design and build the policies and procedures. You will investigate exactly what it means to pirate, and decide what should be done to protect the copyrighted material of others. **Task** Each team member is an expert in their field, software piracy, audio/video piracy, and music sharing. You will research your field and complete the corresponding worksheets. As a team, you will develop a policy for piracy in our country and the consequences for copyright infringement. The team will produce a written document of your policies as well as a commercial advertising the new policy and consequences using Photostory 3. The written policy must contain at least 5 rules and consequences, and the commercial must be a minimum of 30 seconds and a maximum of 60 seconds. **Process**
 * Software Expert** – you are an employee of Adobe Systems Incorporated and were instrumental in the updates and release of Photoshop. You put a lot of time and hard work into that program and don’t want it to be available to anyone that hasn’t paid for it.

Step 1: Research your topic using the links on the resource page. Step 2: Complete the worksheet assigned to your expertise. Step 3: Discuss your findings with your group to develop a policy. Step 4: Work with your group to design and develop your commercial.
 * Audio/Visual Expert** – you are an employee of The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). You see first hand what it takes to make a movie – from the produces to the actors to the stage hands, - and you don’t want thieves to take away the compensation they deserve.

Step 1: Research your topic using the links on the resource page Step 2: Complete the worksheet assigned to your expertise. Step 3: Discuss your findings with your group to develop a policy. Step 4: Work with your group to design and develop your commercial.
 * Music Expert** – you are an employee of Columbia Records and have worked on projects with such artists as Beyonce, Dixie Chicks, System of a Down, and countless others. You have seen first hand what it takes to produce an album, and don’t think the artist’s or your time should be given away for free.

Step 1: Research your topic using the links on the resource page Step 2: Complete the worksheet assigned to your expertise. Step 3: Discuss your findings with your group to develop a policy. Step 4: Work with your group to design and develop your commercial. **Resources (I will add these soon)** Software Piracy Resource Page Audio/Visual Expert Resource Page Music Piracy Resource Page **Evaluation** You will receive two grades for this WebQuest. The first will be for your completed worksheet, and the second will be based on the rubric you can download below. **Conclusion** You have discovered first hand the harm that piracy inflicts on both the industry and the individual user. By establishing laws and consequences you have helped to protect the time, money, and integrity of all whose heart and soul goes into making a quality software program, movie, or CD. It takes each person to decide to be ethical in order to protect these resources.