Year 6 Students

 What is Copyright?  ‘How Copyright Works’ by John Gibbs  Examples of Copyright  When do I need Permission? What can I do Without Permission?  How do I get permission?  What are Creative Commons?  Examples of Creative Commons  What is Intellectual Property?  Summary

 The copyright law was first instituted by the Australian Government in It is now contained in the Commonwealth and is known as Copyright Act  Copyright is a law that gives rights to creative works such as art, music, literature, texts, sound, videos and programs.  The copyright owner gains the right to control who has permission to use their material. They have control over its reproduction and distribution.  The right of copyright material can be sold to other people.  Copyright doesn’t protect peoples ideas, patents, concepts, techniques, etc. Intellectual Property is a law which protects these types of documents.  In Australia the copyright protection is automatic and doesn’t require official registration. Click here to discover more

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 When you are using something protected by copyright.  If you are using a ‘substantial part’, an easily recognised segment or more than 10% for educational use.  The copyright has not yet reached its renewal date, and therefore hasn’t expired.  Your use is controlled by the copyright owner.  Your use is covered by a special exception.  Do you want to know more about permission and copyright? If so click on me…If so click on me…

 There are sometimes different ways of getting permission to use copyright material for different types of media.  To get permission, you need to ask the copyright owner.  A letter must be made out to the own outlining the purpose of use.  The owner must reply with the parameters you are limited within.  Unless permission is gained from the copyright owner, the content cannot be used. Click on me to see what I think!

 Creative commons are an alternative system in which licensing occurs.  Creators of content, art and music can give the public right to use their work without them asking permission or paying the authors. Despite this creators of the work will still retain their content.  Schools use creative commons such as:  Music  Film  Clips  Photographs  Projects

 Intellectual property (IP) refers to creation of the mind:  Literary  Innovations  Patents  Symbols  Names  Images  Design  Artistic works.

 What is copyright?  Copyright is a law that gives rights to creative works such as art, music, literature, texts, sound, videos and programs.  What are creative commons?  Creative commons are an alternative system in which licensing occurs.  What is intellectual property?  Intellectual property (IP) refers to creation of the mind: literary, innovations, symbols, names, images, design and artistic works.

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