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.

Who owns the copyright?

(Generally) the creator of the work

Originality is a requirement!

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 does copyright apply to?

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

Part 3: Publishing Content

FacebookYoutubeWikispacesPosterous SpacesFlickr/Picasa

Facebook

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

LINKS TO ROYALTY-FREE MUSIC AND IMAGES

USEFUL LINKS

Links to Royalty-Free Music

http://creativecommons.org/

Links to Royalty-free Images

Works Cited

The Canadian Intellectual Copyright Office

The Department of Justice Of Canada

GNU Operating System

Creative Commons

Wolframtones

Works Cited Continued

Aviary