Copyright 4 Educators (AUS)

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

Zanele Dube is a science teacher at a high school and is considering using the following material in her science classes:

Extracts from Charles Darwin's personal diaries and notebooks;
Images of Darwin that she downloaded from the internet;
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 she created while on holiday;
A one page fact sheet about the Evoution she designed and compiled which includes short extracts and images from http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/interactive/2009/feb/12/charles-darwin;
Her own original quizzes, research, teaching notes and text about Darwin, prepared as part of her teaching job.

Questions (to be answered by each group)

Note: If you need additional information to answer any of these questions, identify that information and how it would affect your responses.

Identify which type of material (work and/or subject matter) is represented by each of the resources.
Identify whether or not each of the works and/or subject matter is protected by copyright and who owns copyright in the work. Explain your answers.

Questions to assist your understanding (not be answered)

Course Material