Who in the hell is advising this school board?
Peter Jaszi, a law professor with the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic at American University, called the proposal in Prince George’s “sufficiently extreme.”
Jaszi said the policy sends the wrong message to students about respecting copyright. He also questioned whether the policy, as it applies to students, would be legal.
He said there would have to be an agreement between the student and the board to allow the copyright of his or her work. A company or organization cannot impose copyright on “someone by saying it is so,” Jaszi said. “That seems to be the fundamental difficulty with this.”
Cahn said he understands the board’s move regarding an employee’s work, but he called the policy affecting the students “immoral.”
“It’s like they are exploiting the kids,” he said.
They shouldn't own a teacher's lesson plans, either. The school district doesn't own them because they don't create them.
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Maybe there is hope for preservation of public education after all.
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Some states are pushing back the Gates Foundation baby, also known as the despicable "Common Core." It needs to be completely junked.
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