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NSCC Copyright Office

WHAT IS COPYRIGHT?

Copyright = The right to

copy

Is Automatic!

Belongs to the creator

Copyright can be

assigned

Does not require a ©

Is part of our LAWS

Canadian Copyright Act

COPYRIGHT APPLIES TO…

Original Work

Literary Artistic

Dramatic Music Computer Programs

Performer’s Performances

Sound Recordings

Communication Signals

Canadian Intellectual Property Office. (2014). A guide to copyright [Guides]. Retrieved from http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr02281.html

COPYRIGHT LAWS

User’s Rights

Creator Rights

Canadian Copyright Act

HOW LONG DOES COPYRIGHT LAST?

* Depends on Country

* Canada

* Life of Author

* Plus 50 years

Canadian Intellectual Property Office. (2014). A guide to copyright [Guides]. Retrieved from http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr02281.html

You are!

You are responsible for knowing your rights and responsibilities and complying with the Copyright Act.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

YOU CAN COPY WHEN …

Copyright has expired

You have Permission

Purchased a license

Open Domain

Always credit your sources.

OR

PLUS

PLUS

PURPOSEExceptions in the Copyright

Act

Fair Dealing / Education

Internet Resources/ Education

COPYING CONTENT

EDUCATION VS

THE “REAL WORLD”

WHAT IS FAIR DEALING?

Allows copying without copyright owner’s permission

Exempted Purpose ~ Education

Short Excerpt

Must be Fair ~ Fairness Test

Research, Private

Study or Review

FAIR DEALING TESTPurpose

•Education•One of the excepted purposes

Character

•Limited # of copies

Amount

•Limited Amount of content•Short Excerpt

Alternatives

•Best resource for your purpose

Nature

•Published vs unpublished

Effect•No adverse effect on original•Commercial sales

USE FAIR DEALING WHEN…

=+Exempted Purpose

Amount of Copying is

Fair

Fair Dealing

Under fair dealing (for an educational purpose) you may copy short excerpts without permission.

A short excerpt is …

Up to 10% of a work

One chapter

One complete

article

from a

periodical

Entire

newspaper article or page

An entire

entry from an Encyclo

pedia

For more information about NSCC Fair Dealing Guidelines go tohttp://subjectguides.nscc.ca/copyright

PLAGIARISM VS COPYRIGHT

Using ideas or words

from others

Without giving credit

Plagiarism

Academic Honesty

Attribution / Credit !

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Suggested Viewing: Plagiarism and Academic Honesty WebinarCiting Sources & APA Style Webinar

IMAGES

IMAGE DATABASES

WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS WHEN COPYRIGHT EXEMPTIONS DON’T APPLY?

SHARE CONTENT BY LINKING

Content you

want to share

Send a link to

your co-

workers

COPYRIGHT

PERMISSION FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER

Identify the Copyright

Owner

PURCHASE A LICENSE

•Subscription based access to image databases

•Individual licenses for specific content

•Excellent solution when creating promotional material that requires a polished professional look

CREATIVE COMMONS

Creative Commons. (2015). Creative commons website [screen capture]. CC-BY Retrieved from http://creativecommons.org/

Creative Commons. (2015). The licenses.. CC-BY Retrieved from http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

SEARCHING FOR OPEN SOURCE / CC IMAGES

Creative Commons. (2015). Cc search [screen capture]. CC-BY Retrieved from http://search.creativecommons.org/

CITING IMAGES

Cornell University. (2015). Images: a guide to finding visual resources: citing images. Retrieved from http://guides.library.cornell.edu/findimages

ALWAYS CREDIT YOUR USE OF COPIED CONTENT INCLUDING IMAGES

CITING CREATIVE COMMONS IMAGES

The Ultimate Guide by Foter.com CC-BY-SA

MASH UPS SECTION 29.21  NON-COMMERCIAL USER-GENERATE CONTENT

• Sometimes referred to as the mash-up provision.

• Allows using copyright protected content to make new content.

• This users right is available to everyone and is not restricted to education use or purposes.

It does have a few conditions:• Non infringing copy of copyright protected work• Credit is given• No adverse effect on the original• Non-commercial purpose

COPYRIGHT IS CONFUSING…

COPYRIGHT SUPPORT

NSCC Subject Guide on Copyright http://subjectguides.nscc.ca/copyright

QUESTIONS

Copyright @ NSCCFor more information go to:http://subjectguides.nscc.ca/copyright

REFERENCES

Creative Commons. (2015). The license [screen capture]. CC-BY Retrieved from http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Cornell University. (2015). Images: a guide to finding visual resources: citing images. Retrieved from http://guides.library.cornell.edu/findimages

Government of Canada. (2012, November 7). Consolidated federal laws of Canada, Copyright Act. Retrieved from http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-42/

Government of Canada, Intellectual Property Office (2014). A guide to copyright [Guides]. Retrieved from http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr02281.html

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