Y’all. I think copyright laws are basically BS that are designed to protect corporations and not creators. HOWEVER it’s important to keep in mind that reading books online for kids is a copyright violation UNLESS you have permission from the PUBLISHER (not the author). If the...
author has permission from their publisher to give YOU permission, they need to include that in their statements. I cannot imagine a publisher going after a teacher for doing this right now, but I’ve seen crazier things go down. Additionally, given the amount of resources....
that are available to share w/kids in 2020, following the law isn’t that big of an ask. Two people to follow who are curating and sharing said resources are: @KateMessner @KristinZiemke Finally, rather than using this thread to debate the merits of copyright or recount the...
plight of teachers, please instead share links to resources and/or the handles of people who are already curating and sharing lawful resources for kids and teachers to use right away.
