Web 2.0 and Copyright

The education technological revolution

The 70’sThe photocopier

Moorehouse v UNSW 1974

Part VB license for education purposes (1980)

The 80’sThe video recorder

The ‘Betamax’ case 1984

Part VA license off air broadcast (1989)

The education technological revolution

The 90’sThe Internet & World Wide Web

A&M Records v Napster 2001

Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000

The education technological revolution

Early 21st Century developments

2001

Web 2.0, P2P, Facebook, Twitter

Wireless, Bluetooth, iPhone, Kindle

Future technological developments?

2005

The 2010’s

Australian internet use 80%

18-25 year olds 96%

University Students 100%

YouTube 2nd largest search engine in the world

70% of 18-34 years olds watched TV online.

By 2010 Gen Y will outnumber

baby bombers

Can I post photos for my

students?

So what?

Can I link to YouTube?

But I’m usingit in class?

Copyright Infringement?

Infringement Notifications?

Take Down

Notices?

Who Owns What?

Legal Use of Electronic Material

You may copy

10% of the words of an electronic work

The whole of an artistic work (i.e. photographs)

But ONLY for use in class or on a password protected intranet!

(smartcopying.com.au)

Legal risks

Many misconceptions about Copyright law and the spectrum of the ‘Education Licence’

Copyright material incorporated into media is not covered under the education licence.

Material is licensed for classroom or the library but not podcasts and YouTube.

Copyright myths

Internet is Public Domain, can use anything.

Using material for teaching is Fair Dealing.

If you’re not charging for it, it’s alright.

We’re using the material for the public good.

They won’t sue a school.

I won’t be personally liable.

Copyright Facts

Copying small portion may still be a copyright infringement.

‘Quality’ of the work taken, not just ‘Quantity’.

‘Works’ on the internet are copyright by their owner.

Material licensed for education use in classes may not be licensed for the Internet (YouTube and iTunesU).

What to do?

Solutions

Check the copyright restrictions on ANY resource you wish to copy/modify and publish to a public site

Ask for permission from the copyright holder to reproduce their work on your site

Use CREATIVE COMMONS licenced material

Licence

Share/ remix/ spread… and attribute.

licence elements:

Attribution – attribute the author

Noncommercial – no commercial use

ShareAlike – changes allowed, but only if you put the new work under the same licence

Original Slideshow ‘Web 2.0 and Copyright Legal Issues for Universities’ by Aaron Magner, available at http://www.slideshare.net/AaronMagner/web-20-and-copyright-legal-issues-for-universities

Images from Istockphoto.com and flickr.com

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