Year 3. What is copyright? What is protected by copyright? Who owns copyright? What has copyright got to do with me ? What is creative commons.

Year 3

Copyright

What is copyright?

What is protected by copyright?

Who owns copyright?

What has copyright got to do with me ?

What is creative commons and how can we use it?

Contents

Copyright & Creative Commons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtJdfHXk_u8

Copyright is the rights a person has to their own work.

These works can include artistic works, books, computer programs, sound recording and films.

The right allows the person to copy/share their work and show it to other people.

What is copyright?

• Artistic works• Literature• Music• Films

http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/copyright-guidelines/copyright---a-general-overview/1-3-what-is-protected-(types-of-works)

What is protected byCopyright?

The author who made the material owns copyright – writer, artist, composer etc.

Sound recording – record company Film – producer Broadcast - broadcaster

Who owns copyright?

• Using material online• Copying images• Using video that is not your

own• Downloading music• Using recording devices

What has copyright gotto do with me?

Creative commons provides free licenses for creators to use when making their work available for the public to use.

This license helps the creator give permission for people to use their work.

Creative common licenses allow the creator to decide how other people can use their work.

What is creative commons?

All creative common licenses allow work to be used for education purposes – teachers and students.

Teachers and students can usually copy, share and sometimes modify without seeking permission from the creator.

Using creative commons

When using Creative Commons material, you must do the following:

Credit the creator Provide the title of the work Provide the URL Indicate the type of license it has Abide by the copyright notice

What you must do:

Copyright is part of the law.

It is about protecting the work that people such as authors, composers, writers and publishers produce.

When using digital media, you have to be aware of what you can and cannot use and respect the copyright license.

Summary

BIBLIOGRAPHYhttp://www.smartcopying.edu.au/copyright-guidelines/

copyright---a-general-overview

http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/information-sheets/schools/creative-commons-information-pack/how-to-attribute-creative-commons-licensed-materials

http://smartcopying.edu.au/docs/default-source/creative-common-pdf/what_is_creative_commons__website_.pdf?sfvrsn=2

http://creativecommons.org.au/content/Finding_CC_material_edu.pdf

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