Copyright for Educators, Cycle 2 - Mar 2010

 http://www.intelligentagent.com/archive/Vol4_No2_copyright_eyebeam.htm  http://www.intelligentagent.com/archive/Vol4_No2_copyright_eyebeam.htmWeek 1: Case Study

Key words: Copyright, idea/expression, moral rights, public domain, term, jurisdiction, copyright ownership.

 Reading and Resources:
Chapters 3-4 Introducing Copyright A plain language guide to copyright in the 21st Century by Julien Hofman 
http://www.col.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/Introducing_Copyright_online_edition.pdf

South Africa
Plain language introduction to South African Copyright in the Report of the Open Review of the South African Copyright Act
http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/sites/shuttleworthfoundation.org/f...

United States
U.S. Copyright Basics by the U.S. Copyright Office http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf
http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:9zGpeB36uUUJ:www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf+http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk
Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright http://www.cendi.gov/publications/04-8copyright.html
Copyright Share/Share Alike      http://www.intelligentagent.com/archive/Vol4_No2_copyright_eyebeam.htm
Public Domain Calculator http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/
Public Domain Chart  http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm

Australia
Smartcopying Website- the Official Guide to Copyright for Australian Schools and TAFEs www.smartcopying.edu.au
Copyright a general overview: http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/649
Copyright Kitchen: http://copyrightkitchen.flexiblelearning.net.au/main.php

Selected links to Smartcopying Website

What is protected by Copyright? http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/658
Requirements for copyright protection http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/659
Who owns copyright? http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/660
Exceptions to rules re copyright ownership? http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/661
Duration of Copyright Protection http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/662
Is the work still in copyright? http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/663
Copyright Exceptions http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/cache/offonce/pid/668/ctnscroll_guidelinesContainer/1_1
Statutory licence schemes for educational copying http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/669
Moral Rights http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/671

See also Information Sheet G066 Databases, compilations, table and forms available to view at www.copyright.org.au

For extra information, see 'Part 2 - Overview of Copyright' of the Blog, Podcast, Vodcast and Wiki Copyright Guide for Australia  http://creativecommons.org.au/blogguide

Canada
Canadian Intellectual Property Office : A Guide to Copyrights
http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr00506.html
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) http://www.cippic.ca/copyright-law/

United Kingdom
Joint Information Services Committee (JISC) which provides copyright advice to Higher and Further Education
JISC Casper Interactive Copyright Tools http://jisc-casper.org/content/view/tools
JISC/TLTP Copyright Guidelines http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/papers/other/jisc-tltp/jisc.pdf
JISC Web 2.0 Project and Animations http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Themes/Web20.aspx 
JISC Copyright Tool Box  http://copyrighttoolbox.surf.nl/copyrighttoolbox/

  http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p01_uk_copyright_law

Intellectual Property Office UK

 http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/copy.htm

 http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/copy/c-applies.htm
 http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/copy/c-ownership.htm

Recent UK news stories
Schools 'risk copyright breach' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7283926.stm 
UK National Gallery and Wikipedia http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/15764
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/14/national-portrait-gallery-wikipedia-row
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8151989.stm 
http://www.francisdavey.co.uk/
http://www.examiner.com/x-14795-Page-One-Examiner~y2009m7d12-Wikipedia-might-get-sued-by-the-National-Portrait-Gallery