Copyright Alliance :: Alliance Offers Free Resources to Educators

Education Outreach Focus of Copyright Awareness Week March 10-14

WASHINGTON, March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Copyright Alliance, in the lead-up to Copyright Awareness Week March 10-14, is rolling out a comprehensive online education resource and reaching out to more than 150 leading educators and education associations, connecting them with free, K-12 educational materials.

Available on the Copyright Alliance web site, an expanded, "For Educators" section offers age-appropriate curricula and is the most comprehensive collection of educational materials on the subject of copyright. The web resource includes lesson plans for grades K-12 from respected educational and online safety organizations such as the Close Up Foundation, Weekly Reader and I-Safe.

Copyright Awareness Week, sponsored annually by the Copyright Society every March, provides educators time to focus students on better understanding and appreciating copyright's role in society.

"This endeavor is really aimed at educating the educators about the free curricula available to them," said Patrick Ross, Executive Director. "These materials were developed by educators, for educators and include classroom curricula, online resources and teacher and parental guides. I am confident any parent or teacher interested in providing kids a fun and useful grounding in copyright will find something appropriate for any age."

Featuring engaging characters such as Donny the Downloader and canine crime fighters Lucky and Flo, the compiled resources include downloadable lesson plans as well as online activities and have been measured for effectiveness in the classroom.

The Alliance is mailing information to groups ranging from the national Parent Teacher Association and the National School Boards Association; home school groups such as the American Homeschool Association; after school groups like the National AfterSchool Association and the National Institute on Out-of-School Time; to groups advocating for excellence in education, including the Center for Education Policy and the American Youth Policy Forum.

Throughout Copyright Awareness Week, March 10-14, a different curriculum will be featured on the Copyright Alliance blog. For more information on the educational resources, visit "For Educators" at www.copyrightalliance.org.

ABOUT THE COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE

The Copyright Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to the value of copyright as an agent for creativity, jobs and growth. For more information, please visit www.copyrightalliance.org.

Members of the Copyright Alliance include: American Federation of Television & Radio Artists; American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; American Society of Media Photographers; Association of American Publishers; Association of Independent Music Publishers; AT&T; Attributor; Broadcast Music, Inc.; Business Software Alliance; CBS Corporation; Church Music Publishers Association; Directors Guild of America; Discovery Communications; Entertainment Software Association; Graphic Artists Guild; Imageline, Inc.; Imagery Alliance; Langley Productions; Magazine Publishers of America; Major

League Baseball; Microsoft; Motion Picture Association of America; National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR); National Association of Broadcasters; National Collegiate Athletic Association; National Football League; National Music Publishers' Association; National Basketball Association Properties, Inc.; NBC Universal; Newspaper Association of America; News Corporation; PPL and VPL; Professional Photographers of America; Professional School Photographers Association; Recording Artists' Coalition; Recording Industry Association of America; Reed Elsevier; SESAC; Software & Information Industry Association; Sony Pictures Entertainment; Time Warner; Universal Music Group; Viacom; Vin Di Bona Productions; and The Walt Disney Company.