Assignment #1: Copyright and Copy-wrong

1. Fair Dealings works for the purposes of research, private study, criticism, review, news reporting, education, satire, and parody.
2. Up to 10% of someone work can be copied unfair dealings.
3. It is prohibited to share multiple short experts with the same copyright because you're only allowed 10%
4. Any fee can be charged by the educational institution for communicating or copying a short excerpt from a copyright-protected work must be intended to cover only the costs of the institution, including overhead costs.
5. A teacher can copy (or take any other necessary action) in order to display a work protected by copyright. This permits the use of whiteboards and similar tools, overhead projection using a device such as an LCD screen, overhead, opaque, or slide projector, provided the work is used for the purpose of education and training and is not already commercially available in a medium that is appropriate for this purpose.
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.
7. Yes, you can play sound recordings and turn on televisions and radios in the classroom, subject to all of 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. Also, it must not involve a “motive of gain.
8. Yes, students are allowed to preform a play or play music that is copyrighted.
9. No, schools cannot legally play music at their own dances and sporting events without getting permission from SOCAN.
10. The factors to consider when determining whether music use requires permission include: 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. The Copyright Act permits showing an audiovisual work such as a DVD or video as long as the work is not an infringing copy or the person responsible for the showing has no reasonable grounds to believe it is an infringing copy.
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. A legally obtained copy includes a copy purchased or rented from a retail store, a copy borrowed from the library, a copy borrowed from a friend, and a YouTube video.
14. Owners of legal copies of computer programs may make a single reproduction of these programs in only two situations: An owner of a legitimate copy of a computer program may make one backup copy of that 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. You are also allowed when  an owner of a legitimate copy of a computer program may also make a single copy of that program by adapting, modifying, or converting the computer program or translating it into another computer language, provided that: (i) the reproduction is essential for the compatibility of the program with a particular computer; (ii) the reproduction is solely for the person’s own use; and (iii) the copy is erased when the person ceases to be the owner of the copy of the program from which the copy 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. Peterson, E. (2016). Demystifying Copyright: Cat Days With Daniel. Renous: Canadian Publishing Association.