Reflection on essential reading for week 8

Many language teachers love using songs, books, video clips, movies in language classrooms since it's an effective way to motivate and stimulate students' learning. However, since a few years ago, the government has been reinforcing the importance of copyright issues. Teachers have to be very careful when they choose the materials used in classrooms. Teachers cannot use them for entertainment purposes. Instead, teachers can only use them for education purpose. But it's sometimes quite hard to find a clear cut between the two. For example, SBA (for senior forms students in secondary schools) requires students to comment on books or movies. Students have to watch the movie first and then appreciate it. Should I say that students learn through entertainment. To cope with this problem, very often, I cut the movies into different episodes and design related worksheets for classroom use. That is to avoid violatating the copyright laws. Do other teachers have any good ideas in using multimedia like movies in language classrooms?