Assignment #1:Copyright and Copywrong

1. Fair Dealings works for the purpose of research, private study, criticism, review, news reporting, education, satire and parody.
2. Up to ten percent of another persons work can be copied under fair dealings.
3. It is prohibited to share multiple small experts with the same copyright protected because you can only share ten percent.
4. Yes, a fee can be charged by the educational institution for communicating or copying a short expert from a copyright protected work must be intended to cover only the costs of the institution, including overhead costs.
5. A teacher can copy and use other works for the purpose of teaching and teaching only.
6. Yes. Teachers in Canada may copy, translate, communicate electronically, show, or play any copyright-protected work for a test or examination, provided the work is not already commercially available in an appropriate medium for the purpose of a test or examination for a student with vision problems without permission.
7. Yes, you can play sound recordings and turn on televisions and radios in the classroom, under the following conditions: it must take place on the premises of an educational institution, it must be for educational or training purposes, it must not be for profit, it must take place before an audience consisting primarily of students of the educational institution, persons acting under its authority, or any person who is directly responsible for setting a curriculum for the educational institution, and  it must not involve a “motive of gain.“.
8. Yes, students are allowed to play or perform music that is copyrighted.
9. No, schools are not permitted to play music at their dances but, SOCAN and Re:Sound can provide licences to schools and school boards across Canada.
10. In a play performed live (e.g., a drama class’s production of My Fair Lady). In this case, the educational institution must obtain copyright authorization from a theatrical agent, in performances on school premises by outside performers (e.g., invited singers, magicians, etc.). In this case, obtaining copyright authorization is the responsibility of the outside performers, and in activities held in school facilities that are rented or are provided free of charge to outside groups. In this case, obtaining copyright authorization is the responsibility of the outside group. Did the music use occur during school hours?  Will the student be graded on the activity involving the music use?  Does the music use involve a demonstration by a student or teacher for other students, teachers, assessors, or parents?  Is it reasonable to consider the music use to be for educational purposes? The phrase “educational purposes” is not defined in the Copyright Act but can be described as an activity that is planned and where the objective is for students to meet one or more subject or program outcomes. Was the music used on school premises?  If admission was controlled, was it free?  Was the music use for a non-profit purpose?
11. The Copyright Act contains a users’ right permitting anyone, not just students and teachers, to use copyright-protected works to create new works. This users’ right is referred to in the Copyright Act as “non-commercial user-generated content.”
12. Teachers can show audiovisual works purchased or rented from a store, a copy borrowed from the library, or copy borrowed from a friend, or even a YouTube video.
13. No. Teachers cannot copy an audiovisual work at home and then show it in the classroom. Teachers can, however, show a legally obtained copy in the classroom.
14. A owner of a copy of a computer program may make one backup copy of the program. The person must be able to prove that the backup copy is erased as soon as he or she ceases to be the owner of the copy of the computer program from which the backup was made.
15. Yes. Educational institutions, teachers, and students may save, download, and share publicly available Internet materials, as well as use that material in the classroom and communicate it to students or others within their education circle.
16. Yes. Any original work created by a student, is protected.
17.  Donovan, D (2016). Demystifying Copyright: "Gym Days With Abby and Emily".  Blackville Publishing Association.