Copyright

=Copyright=

Using materials from the web means we are likely to run into issues of copyright. Determining whether you can legally use other people's materials, including photos, video and audio files, can be a complex matter.Permission to use these materials needs to be sought and this permission needs to be displayed with the material that has been used. We are developing a guide to copyright in the form of a flow chart to help teachers and students through this process.

Link to a Word doc of the flow chart [|Copyright flow chart v5.doc] = = =Copyright flow chart = ** La Trobe University ** ** Putting materials online and complying with copyright regulations ** ** Information for students ** The following flow chart has been created to help you decide if and how you can legally put certain materials online. These materials may be part of an assignment you create as part of your assessment or a teaching resource for your classmates or future colleagues to share. These materials may be in the form of written text, photos, diagrams, maps, audio or video recordings or other types of material. Learning how to comply with copyright laws will not only be useful for you during your study, but will be helpful to you in your professional work once you graduate. //Trobe//  //University//   //to reproduce and communicate this work for educational purposes.”//  You do not need to go on to the following steps.    ·  **  don’t use it   ** ·  **obtain a legitimate copy. **Go to the next step ·  Go to the next step **Is the original creator still alive?** The work is definitely **in copyright** - you will need to have written permission to use the materials You need to find out when the creator died. Since 1 January 2005 a work is out of copyright 70 years after the death of the creator. Prior to 1 January 2005 a work was out of copyright 50 years after the death of the creator. Go to the next step Find out who owns (the copyright to) the material. Go to the next step. If you cannot find out who owns the material, ** don’t use it ** (or consult your lecturer) Evidence of written permission might come in the following forms: “**Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works.”** [|www.gitta.info/website/en/html/website_glossary.html] Evidence for this kind of material would be the statement given on a page of the creative commons site that says material can be used (copied and communicated) legally for the purposes they specify. You should look for such a statement and copy it to your page where you have placed the material. Introduce the statement: For example: //“The material use here was obtained from (NAME OF SITE). The owners of this site provide the following permissions: (Copy of the permission statement)”// For further information and examples see: ·  Creative Commons  http://creativecommons.org/ ·  Creative Commons – Attribution statement http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ·  Current Australian Creative Commons Licence http://creativecommons.org/international/au/ For an example see: ·  ABC Copyright notice:  http://www.abc.net.au/common/copyrigh.htm ·  Morguefile  http://www.morguefile.com/archive/terms.php Copy the permission statement to the page where you have placed the material. Here is an example of an email granting permission to use material from a publication: - Original Message - From: "Kathryn Shannon"  Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2006 8:48 Subject: Permission to use Archer Bourke mapping Dear XXXXX RE: Maps from the Fourth Edition of the Archer Atlas of the World Thank you for your email and clarification of your intended use. I am pleased to confirm that you may use our mapping and owing to the nature of your project we are willing to waive any copyright charges. Please ensure however that the following copyright acknowledgement appears on all reproductions of our mapping. © Archer Bourke Ltd 1980 Reproduced by Kind Permission of ArcherBourke Publishers www.archerbourke.com Yours sincerely Kathryn Shannon Mapping Rights & Permissions Archer Bourke Ltd **NO, I don’t have the owner’s written permission to use this material** If you cannot get written permission to use this material, ** don’t use it. ** **Step 5: You now need to provide evidence of the written permission with your submission**. This can be done by copying the words given with the original materials in a prominent position with the material that you have copied with your submission. If no words are given, use the following: // “This material is reproduced and communicated by permission of (name of owner (of copyright) of materials)” // You also need to give permission for your own original material to be reproduced. Put these words on the opening/first page of your submission: //“This assignment consists of both materials that are my own original work, and material borrowed from other sources for which permission to reproduce and communicate has been granted. I grant permission to La Trobe University to reproduce and communicate this entire work for educational purposes.”// Have you…? ·  stated that the material you are using is not all your own ·  determined that the material you are copying is from a legally made source ·  determined that the material you are copying is under copyright ·  provided a clear statement with the material in your submission that you have evidence of written permission from the owner to copy and communicate this material. In giving permission, do the owners specify any restrictions on how the materials you want to use are communicated online? ???? To avoid using material that you cannot get permission for, start by searching on sites that allow you to use their material. Creative Commons sites are good sources of material. Teacher Tube has video materials for teaching and a lot of this is produced with permission for teachers to use for educational purposes. La Trobe University’s Copyright page for students __http://www.latrobe.edu.au/copyright/students/index.html__ La Trobe University’s Copyright page http://www.latrobe.edu.au/copyright/
 * Follow these steps to find out how you can put materials online without breaching copyright laws. **
 * Step 1: Are ALL the items in your submission your original creation? **
 * NO ** – **go to next step**
 * Step 2: For each item in your submission that is NOT your original creation, is this material a pirate copy or a legally made copy? **
 * It is a pirate copy **
 * OR **
 * It is a legally made copy **
 * Step 3: Do you know who originally created the material you want to put on line / or who owns the copyright to the material you want to put online? **
 * YES, I know who originally created the material I want to put on line **
 * YES **
 * NO **
 * OR **
 * YES, I know who owns the copyright to the material I want to put on line **
 * NO, **** I don’t know who originally created (or owns the copyright to) the material I want to put on line   **
 * Step 4: If the work is in copyright, do you have the owner’s written permission to use this material? **
 * YES, I have the owner’s written permission to use this material **
 * __A “Creative Commons” licence__. **
 * Some definitions: **
 * “A non-profit organisation founded on the notion that some authors may not want to exercise all of the intellectual property rights the law affords them. Creative Commons has developed a set of free public licences to enable authors to share their work with others.” **[|www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm]
 * __A permission statement that came with the material (from web or book)__ **
 * __ A written reply to your request for permission from owner/ author (email is OK) __**
 * Summary checklist **
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