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Originally Posted by vxf
I teach as well. And I try to include things to make my lectures more interesting and engaging. Which is what this professor does as well. Why did he have the song in there in the first place? To entertain, not to educate. And to entertain by using someone else's work is... well, exactly the kind of thing we want to prevent.
This strikes me as showmanship, not as an honest debate on fair use.
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Do you know the song was there to entertain? I got the impression that it was used as an example to prove a point--that it was part of the educational value of the lecture, not used as background music to keep people interested.