Learning Goal:  You will learn:

• the definition of copyright
• how to tell if you have the legal right to use someone else's creative work. 
• differentiate between the right to use work versus giving credit to the creator
  

Share your Ideas: (For Assessment)

What do you think we mean when we talk about someone's creative work?

Include all examples that you can think of.

1.  Open Chrome/Firefox.

2.  Go to the Google Doc set up by your teacher. (May work in groups with several Docs)

3.  Add your ideas to the doc.

 Be careful not to erase anyone else's ideas! You may use text and images.

Copyright 

A law that protects a creator’s ownership of and control over the work he or she creates, requiring other people to get the creator’s permission before they copy, share, change, or perform that work. In Canada, the law that governs this is called the Copyright Act. A person acquires copyright automatically when they create an original work. You don't even have to put the © symbol on your work. It's yours! You can register your work and that will provide you with evidence of ownership in the event of a dispute.  (Source: Canadian Intellectual Property Office, GOC)

Occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed or publicly displayed without the permission of the copyright holder or the legal right to do so.

A use in connection with a business, usually for profit.

Creative work that’s not protected by copyright and is therefore free for one to use however one wants.
NOTE: In Canada, the copyright for a work usually expires 50 years after the death of the creator. There are exceptions based on the type of work, who owns it and if it was published. To check whether a work is in the Public Domain, consult: http://copyright.ubc.ca/guidelines-and-resources/support-guides/public-domain/ 

Fair Dealing

(Fair Use)

The ability to use a small amount of someone’s creative work without permission, but only in certain ways.  (Fair Dealing is the term used in Canada, Fair Use in the U.S.)

Fair Dealing - When can you use material without asking for permission?

1. The purpose of the proposed copying, including whether it is for:
    research, private study, education, satire, parody, criticism, review or news reporting;
2. The character of the proposed copying, including whether it involves single or multiple copies, and whether the copy is destroyed after it is used for its specific intended purpose;
3. The amount of the dealing from the individual user’s perspective, including the proportion of the Work that is proposed to be copied and the importance of that excerpt in relation to the whole Work;
4. Alternatives to copying the Work, including whether there is a non-copyrighted equivalent available;
5. The nature of the Work, including whether it is published or unpublished; and

(Note: this may vary from Fair Use in the U.S. Each country has its own set of laws.)

An imitation with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
Example: Weird Al Yankovick and "Tacky" - http://quietube7.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq7Eki5EZ8o 

Lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/tacky.html 

(Note: Weird Al gets permission even though he doesn't have to.  Most musicians like his parodies.)

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's silliness or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. http://quietube7.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvkpo2bpQT4    *link broken; any Jon Stewart or John Oliver clip, as long as it's checked, first.

The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own, or of neglecting to give credit to the creator.

A kind of copyright that makes it easy for people to copy, share, and build on someone’s creative work in the way specified by the creator. Please go to Creative Commons for details.

Some sites also specify that they are Copyright-free or have copyright-free sections. One example is https://www.morguefile.com/ which is an image-sharing website. Wikipedia Commons is another.

La Mantovana is a 16th-century (1501-1600) song that was omposed by the Italian tenor, Giuseppe Cenci. It was recorded by Socttish, Polish, Spanish and Ukrainian musicians. According to Wikipedia, it is best known as the Israeli national anthem Hatikvah. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mantovana

Jewish immigrant Samuel Cohen adapted a Romanian version of the song as the setting for Hatikvah, later recognized by the state of Israel as its national anthem.^[3]

Have you heard this song at simchas?

Dschinghis Khan (English translation: "Genghis Khan" the Mongol Empire ruler) was the West German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in German. This was the year that Israel won for Hallelujah. Wikipedia says that MBD's Yidden ("Kumt Aheim" in 1986) is an adaptation of Dschinghis Khan. 

Lead Belly recorded Pick A Bale of Cotton in 1945. It's a traditional American song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sUFMuieXIk

Responsible use in practice! http://historywired.si.edu/detail.cfm?ID=210 

What about the Maccabeats?

http://www.maccabeats.com/resources/faq/

On a single post-it note, please answer this question for each song:
 

Did the musician of these works need permission to use the original work?
Why or why not?

1. Hatikvah (Samuel Cohen)

2. Yidden (Mordechai ben David)

3. Latke Recipe (The Maccabeats)

Ask yourself:

• Is the original song in the public domain?
• Is there a Creative Commons licence? (No, in these cases)
• Does it fall under Fair Dealing, according to Canadian law? What part?

Then, in 1 or 2 sentences, please add your thoughts about why it's important to respect ownership of creative material.

Hatikvah - Sam Cohen did/didn't need permission because ...

Yidden - Mordechai ben David did/didn't need permission because...

Latke Recipe - The Maccabeats did/didn't need permissin because...

I think it's important to respect copyright because...

In tag: xx

Write 3 rules

Think of 3 steps that you need to take to check if you have permission to use creative work.

We will be using these rules to create Success Criteria for your ethical use of those materials.

Please write them down on today's handout. Then hand it in to Mrs. Train.