Copyright for Educators, Cycle 2 - Mar 2010

Hi! My name's Katie and I'm a beginning TL who lives just outside of Ipswich, in Queensland.

I'm looking forward to collaborating with you all as I try to puzzle out some of these copyright issues!

I don't know about everyone else, but I found the case scenario hard to find - had to scroll through 10 pages until I found it. So in case others are having trouble I've cut and pasted it here (oh dear - have I broken copyright?):

Case Scenario 1

Zanele Dube is a science teacher at a high school. She has created an interactive science unit on DVD for her school students using the following resources:

* Extracts from Charles Darwin's personal diaries and notebooks
* Images of Darwin etc from http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/interactive/2009/feb/12/charles-darwin
* Extracts from Darwin's book "the Origin of the Species"
* Genetic Code Chart from http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/psa.gc.pdf
* A clip from the BBC TV science documentary series “Life" with David Attenborough she taped from television.
* Clips from the film " Creation”
* Her own original drawings and photographs of animals, trees and fauna
* Her own original quizzes, research, teaching notes and text about Darwin.

She plans to make 20 DVD copies of the resource to give to her students to use as part of the class group science project. She recently showed the resource at a Science Teacher conference. After the conference she was approached by an educational publisher who would like to publish and reproduce the resource.

Questions (to be answered by each group)

1. Identify the types of copyright works or other subject in the material she wants to use.
2. Identify the copyright owner for each category of work or other subject matter.
3. Identify which of the above works or other subject matter are still in copyright.
4. Is Zanele Dube's resource protected by copyright?
5. Does the Publisher need permission to reproduce the resource and/or any of the above included in the resource ?

Questions to assist your understanding (not be answered)

1. What is copyright
2. What activities does copyright prohibit ?
3. Does copyright protect ideas or only expressions?
4. What requirements must a resource meet for copyright to apply?
5. What are the rights of authors/copyright owners?
6. Who owns copyright in employment situations?
7. What is the public domain? When does something enter the public domain?

Submissions:

No assignment submissions yet.

There doesn't appear to be a Violet space on the Wiki, so I presume we're purple. Before I waste time entering here and on the Wiki, can we all confirm where we want to work? I don't mind either way.

Also, can we confirm who will enter the first assignment? I thought Susan's comments were a good start - I've added in a few comments. Anyone else? We have to submit tomorrow.

Ruth

I think Susan covered just about everything. Zanele might have problems reproducing materials that she accessed from Guardian as the terms and conditions of use is for "personal and non-commercial use". Her venture with the publishers will be for "commercial gains" even if she does not personally gain from its publication, ie. the dept. she works for will gain.