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BY SUJANA ALAHARI , AUSTIN WYNTER, EUGENE KANG AND LARISSA HO
Canadian Web Copyright Rules and Resources
WRI330Professor Vinall-Cox
October 2011
The Basics: Part 1
What is copyright?What is Public Domain?What does copyright apply to?What is not protected by copyright?
What is copyright?
Literally, “the right to control copying”exclusive legal right of an originator to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical
material….
…and to authorize others to do the same.
What is public domain?
belongs to everyone and is not protected by copyright.
Consists of Works:Ineligible for copyrightWhere copyright is expired
Benefits:No permissions requiredEase of distributionGeneration of creative content
What is NOT protected by copyright?
Pre-existing materialIdeas, facts, themes – not original!most titles, names, slogans, catch-
phrasesHistory and newsProcedures and processes
The above are all in public domain!the expression of ideas, etc., are
protected
The Basics: Part 2 (the How To’s)
How to:protect your original workfigure out if the work you want to use
is copyrighteduse copyrighted work
How to protect your own work
What do I have to do to protect my work?ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! copyright exists automatically
How to use copyrighted works
the owner is protected under copyright common law
A copyright notice is not requiredNot mandatory to register because it does
not enhance protection, but… can be used as evidence in court Easier to ask for permission from you to
use your work
How to figure out if the work you want to use is copyrighted
ALL original work is copyrighted, unless ineligible/ expired
Remember:A work does NOT need to be registered,
published, or have a copyright notice on it to be protected by copyright.
If a notice is used, you will see the symbol - © the date the name of the owner
Prohibitions against IP violationUploader retains copyright, BUT:
Uploader grants facebook a licence: Non-exclusive, Global use Transferable, Sub-licenseable Royalty-free Ends upon account deletion, caveat!
http://www.facebook.com/terms.php (Sections 2, 5)
Youtube
Standard YouTube License: http://www.youtube.com/t/terms (Section 6) Other users licensed
Choice between SYTL & basic Creative Commons license
Copyright education: Youtube Copyright School:
http://www.youtube.com/t/copyright_resources Creative Commons Tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons
Wikispaces
Rules against IP violation.Same basic principles as facebook license.
License is irrevocable.
Wikispaces can: use, distribute, modify adopt, publish, display & translate
http://www.wikispaces.com/terms (Sections 3, 6)
Posterous Spaces
Uploader retains ownership
Posterous gains fully-transferable rights: reproduce, distribute modify, transmit derivative works
http://posterous.com/tos (“User Submissions”)
Soundcloud
Grants SoundCloud & users/affiliates a license: Non-exclusive Worldwide Limited Royalty-free
Uploader can limit/restrict content.
http://soundcloud.com/terms-of-use#content (“Grant of License”)
Picasa™ photo organizing software
Permissions in certain cases: Google-approved logo Minimum 25px away from text/images. Generic terms.
Google claims no ownership or control
Worldwide Non-exclusive Royalty-free
http://picasa.google.com/intl/en-GB/web/tos.html (Section 4.”Your Rights”)
Part 2: Resources
…or copyright-free/royalty-free work to use:
CopyleftCreative CommonsAviary.com (editing software)Wolframtones.com
Copyleft
Copyright disposes some rights included in regular copyright
Makes it legal to modify and redistribute content
Ensures productivity, creativity and innovation in cyber community
For more information on copyleft:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/nonsoftwarecopyleft.html
Creative Commons
Organization providing copyright licenses and tools.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Allows creators to share their work with
public Beneficial to all partiesCreative Commons licenses allow
distribution of copyrighted works
Aviary.com
Aviary tools include Music creator, Vector editor,
Audio editor, Image markup falcon toolFun and easy to useEasy beginner tutorials available online
Wolframtones.com
You can create your own music by mixing different genres
Create multiple compositionsYou can share by e-mail or save your
compositions You can also share it on Facebook!
Resources
Canadian Copyright Act http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-42/
Canadian Intellectual Property Office http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-
internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr00003.html?OpenDocumentCanadian Heritage – Copyright Policy Branch
pch.gc.caIntellectual Property Policy Information Site
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ippd-dppi.nsf/eng/homeWorld Intellectual Property Organization
http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en
Resources Continued…
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/home-accueil.htm
The Motion Picture Association -Canada http://www.mpa-canada.org/?q=content/copyright-noti
ce
Works Cited
The Canadian Intellectual Copyright Office
The Department of Justice Of Canada
GNU Operating System
Creative Commons
Wolframtones
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