Assignment #1: Copyright and Copy-wrong

1)For which purposes does "Fair Dealings" protect a person when using others' materials?
-The purposes of research, private study, criticism, review, news reporting, education, satire, and parody, provided the dealing is “fair.”

2)How much of another's work can be copied under fair dealings?

A SHORT EXCERPT:

"a.Up to 10 per cent of a copyright-protected work (including a literary work, musical score, sound recording, and an audiovisual work); 

b. One chapter from a book; 

c. A single article from a periodical; 

d. An entire artistic work (including a painting, print, photograph, diagram, drawing, map, chart, and plan) from a copyright protected work containing other artistic works; 

e. An entire newspaper article or page; 

f. An entire single poem or musical score from a copyright protected work containing other poems or musical scores; '

g. An entire entry from an encyclopedia, annotated bibliography, dictionary, or similar reference work."

3)Can you share 10% then another 10% then another 10% of the same work.........Explain?

- You can only use up to 10% of a copyrighted work. it doesn't if you only copy 10% at a time your still copying more then 10% of the literary work, musical score, sound recording, and an audiovisual work.

4)Can a fee be charged by a place when providing other's copyrighted work without permission?

-"Any fee charged by the educational institution for communicating or copying a short excerpt from a copyright-protected work must be intended to cover only the costs of the institution, including overhead costs."

5)Can teachers copy and use other's work for the purpose of teaching and tests?
-Yes. Teachers in Canada may copy, translate, communicate electronically, show, or play any copyright-protected work for a test provided the work is not already commercially available in an appropriate medium for the purpose of a test or examination.

6)Can a school make a large print book for a student with vision problems without permission?

-No, copying text for any reason is strictly prohibited. but if the text is reproducible that it is permitted. text such as works sheets can be!!

7)Can teachers and students use audio or video for school projects at school? If so what are the rules?
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8)Can students at school preform a play or play music that is copyrighted? Explain.

Yes. You can play sound recordings and turn on televisions and radios in the classroom, subject to all of the following conditions:
• it must take place on the premises of an educational institution;
• it must be for educational or training purposes;
• it must not be for profit;
• it must take place before an audience consisting primarily of students of the educational institution, persons acting under its authority, or any person who is directly responsible for setting a curriculum for the educational institution; and
• it must not involve a “motive of gain.”
This users’ right does not apply to recorded radio and television programs, but only to playing radio and television programs while they are being transmitted (by over-the-air broadcast, cable, satellite, or over the Internet).

9) Can schools legally play music at their own dances and sporting events without getting permission from SOCAN? Explain.

-The Copyright Act permits educational institutions to perform music, whether recorded or live, without payment or permission from the owner of the copyright.

10)What are the key questions to use when figuring out if video and music use is legal by staff and students?- Is it for a school assemblies?
- Is it for a students a presentation to other students, teachers, assessors, or parents (e.g., as part of a presentation during music class)
-Is it used in demonstration activities by students, primarily for other students, teachers, assessors, or parents, and for which any admission fee charged covers costs but does not make a profit (e.g., a concert by the school choir, gymnastic routines, shows by school bands)
-Is it used during school hours for teaching/learning (e.g., music/dance/ dramatic arts classes)
-Can it be used before and after school, and during recess, if the use is for educational purposes (e.g., school radio operated by students for credit and supervised by a teacher).

11)Can students and teachers use other's copyright protected work to create NEW works? If yes, are their rules?

- Yes, you could as long as it is not used for commercial purposes.
1. It can be used for only non-commercial purposes.
2. The original source must be mentioned, if it is reasonable to do so.
3. The original work used to generate the content must have been acquired legally.
4. The resulting user-generated content does not have a “substantial adverse effect” on the market for the original work.

12)Can a teacher or student rent or buy a dvd and show it in class? Explain.-The Copyright Act permits showing an audiovisual work such as a DVD or video on the premises of an educational institution provided the following five conditions are met:
1. The showing must take place on the premises of an educational institution.
2. The showing must be for an audience consisting primarily of students, instructors, or persons directly responsible for setting a curriculum.
3. The showing must be for educational or training purposes.
4. The showing must not be for profit.
5. The copy shown must not be infringing or the person responsible for the performance has no reasonable grounds to believe that it is an infringing copy.

13)Can a teacher or student copy a dvd or show at home and show that in class or school? Explain.

-No. Teachers cannot copy an audiovisual work at home and then show it in the classroom. Teachers can, however, show a legally obtained copy in the classroom. A legally obtained copy includes a copy purchased or rented from a retail store, a copy borrowed from the library, a copy borrowed from a friend, or a YouTube video.

14)Can the owner of computer software make a copy? Explain.

-An owner of a legitimate copy of a computer program may make one backup copy of that program.An owner of a legitimate copy of a computer program may also make a single copy of that program by adapting, modifying, or converting the computer program as long as his copy is erased when the person ceases to be the owner of the copy of the program from which the copy was made.

15)Can teachers and students copy from the Internet? Are there rules?

-Yes. Educational institutions, teachers, and students may save, download, and share publicly available Internet materials, as well as use that material in the classroom and communicate it to students or others within their education circle.

16)Are the works you create in school copyright protected? Explain how you feel about this.

- Yes the work we create in school is copyright protected.  I do like this so that we no that other people cant just steal or work. I mean we put in a lot of time on it and its only fair to us that other people cant take it.

17)Look at pg. 23 and examine the references given. Make up a FAKE book or story and practice making a reference for the book. Put the author, title, dates etc.... in the right spots. (You are going to try and copy the correct way to reference a book by making up fake info about a fake book and placing it in the right spot.)

- Furlong, S.L.M.(2017).Canadian Copyright: My Life as a BBT 10 Student.Ottawa: Canadian Library Association. ISBN: 0-0-88802-298-0.