We know that teachers must respect copyright when they prepare materials for their courses, but what about their weblogs (and Web pages by extension)? There’s an interesting post at the New Media Journalism blog at Seton Hilll University on Fair Use and Blogging.

How much text can you cite from another website in your blog before you’ve crossed the line and entered into copyright infringement? Is it okay to post an image you didn’t create in a blog? Even if it’s just for window dressing? Does the “educational” use of blogs in our journalism classes give our bloggers greater freedom and protection to cite text and post multimedia?

The author includes some interesting links to fair use resources online. I think we all know that the Internet is not a copyright-free zone, but it’s good to get a reminder.