2. WHAT IS COPYRIGHT? Laws created to protect authors and artists who create “original” works Original works can only be copied, performed in public, or published by the creator unless they give permission to someone else to do this That’s what it means to have the right to copy (copyright)
3. COPYRIGHT IN AUSTRALIA Australian copyright law is contained in a piece of federal legislation called: The Copyright Act 1968 Amendments were made to this Act in 2000 to take into account the use of digital technologies
4. WHAT IS NOT PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT? Works that have not been written or recorded (your stories, if they are not written down, are not protected by copyright law) Ideas, procedures, methods, discoveries Works that contain no original authorship (for example: standard calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, etc.) Lists of data (such as the telephone book) Items in the public domain – generally 70 years after the death of the creator Facts
5. HOWEVER… Students are exempted from some of this through the use of ”FAIR DEALING”for educational purposes
6. WHAT IS FAIR DEALING? “Fair Dealing” exceptions allow students to use copyright works for their studies, within limits That means that students can reproduce a limited amount of copyright material for the purposes of research or study
7. FAIR DEALING GUIDELINES Sometimes, it is hard to know how much of a copyrighted work you can use. The following guidelines may help when knowing what is ‘fair dealing’
9. FAIR DEALING AND THE INTERNET If a work is published in electronic form, a reasonable portion is not more than 10% of the work, or one chapter if applicable Images used should preferably be those with Creative Commons Licences and always cited
10. PUBLIC DOMAIN WORKS Some works are considered to be in the PUBLIC DOMAIN and therefore are able to be used without gaining permission under the following circumstances: If it is more than 70 years since the creator’s death and copyright has expired Copyright has been forfeited Copyright does not apply However it must still be ‘cited’ and attributed to the creator within a bibliography
11. PUBLIC DOMAIN WORKS Some PUBLIC DOMAIN WORKS include: Shakespeare’s plays Jane Austen novels The Bible Music by classical composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Bach Project Gutenberg – source of books in the public domain
12. CREATIVE COMMONS Provides an alternative to copyright licencing Allows creators to grant rights for public use of their work – usually images Creative Commons work is identified by use of symbols assigned by the creator
15. ATTRIBUTION OF AUTHOR -text Always credit or “cite” the author: On a “Bibliography” or “References” page of a report or presentation, include (if available): The author’s name The date of publication The title of the work The publisher and place of publication Example: Reader, Ima (2011) “Reading is fun” Penguin, Melbourne.
17. ATTRIBUTION OF AUTHOR -Internet resources Always credit or “cite” the author of copyrighted works from a website: On a “Bibliography” or “references” page of a report or presentation, include (if available): The Author’s name The Title of the Work The name of the Site The date it was posted on the Web or revised The date you obtained the work from the Web The Web site’s address (URL) Example: Kaemming, Laura ‘Copyright lesson plan’ (2001) accessed 28th May 2011 http://www.cyberbee.com/copyrpln.pdf
18. REFERENCES ‘About the licences’ (n.d.) (Internet) http://creativecommons.org.au/learn-more/licences accessed 29 May 2011 ‘Copyright – Cyberbee’ (n.d.) (Internet) http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf accessed 28 May 2011 ‘Copyright information for students’ (2010) (Internet) http://www.education.vic.gov.au/management/governance/copyright/schools/infostudents.htm accessed 28 May 2011 ‘Copyright, privacy and cyber ethics’ (n.d.) (Interent) http://debsplace.wikispaces.com/Copyright,+Privacy+%26+Cyber+Ethics accessed 30 May 2011 ‘Smart copying’ (n.d.) (Interent) http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go accessed 29 May 2011
