IntroductionJust two decades ago, saying "copyright" to teachers most likely conjured up in their minds only the image of the notice in small print at the front of a textbook. Today, with the world of Web 2.0 technology at our fingertips, copyright issues for teachers can be confusing and complex. Add to that an ever-increasing emphasis on technology literacy in our states' educational standards – forcing teachers to incorporate applications and resources that may be uncharted territory for them – and the waters become even murkier. Teachers have a double burden of carefully adhering to copyright laws in the daily integration of technology into the classroom, while instilling copyright ethics in students while meeting state standards for technology and media literacy. A review of the education-related copyright literature provides some clarity on copyright and fair use as applied to classroom practices, suggests barriers to copyright enforcement among teachers, and provides suggestions on how to teach copyright he ethics of copyright to a tech-savvy generation. The Basics of Copyright LawIn the simplest terms, copyright is the way the United States government protects the rights of anyone who creates an original work, such as a play, song, poem, book, or a work of art. Only the original author or creator of the work may make copies of, distribute, sell, perform, or adapt that work. Originally signed into law 35 years ago, the Copyright Act of 1976 has undergone many changes in the wake of technological progress, including changes such as classifying any work on the Internet as "published" (Copyright Act of 1976). By Thibault, No. 3 Of particular interest to educators is the doctrine of “fair use,” which extends a get-out-of-jail-free card (so to speak) to anyone who uses copyright...... medium of paper. .. ...in his book Copyright Clarity stating that the creators of copyright law intended intellectual property protection to encourage creativity among inventors, not to stifle it. Conclusion As educators, a partial understanding or lukewarm embrace of copyright and fair use laws is not enough Now is the time to teach students how to creatively and legally exploit the plethora of resources at their fingertips through the Internet. Web 2.0 tools are becoming increasingly popular in postsecondary education, and this generation of students will likely “produce a significant amount of content” over the course of their educational careers (Diaz, 2010, p61). These students need to know what rights they have to the content they create, as well as be sure that any resources they have incorporated along the way have been incorporated ethically.