PodLaws - Where the fun ends!

With our first Podcasts completed, we were told about copyright laws and how our 1st Podcasts were basically illegal =O! It was a long, and very detailed, 31 page PDF file. I read and read, and tried to come up with solutions to work around things that I'm not allowed to use.

Even though it seems really hard to work with the law, I've realized that they're there for a reason and that there are simple ways of working with the legal material.

1) All you need to do is to ASK!: If you don't own it, you just need to contact the person who does own it and ask if it would be alright to be used in your podcast.

2) Open Source Files: There are lots of Open Source files on the internet that are totally legal for you to use change and re-distribute.

3) Make it yourself!: If you don't think the other options are working for you, start from scratch and make all you'll need by yourself! If you do this you'll have the right to what you're using. No questions or complications.

--Amna