Copyright

Copyright Fair Dealing Decision Tool link

Copyright: Online Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic link

Important note: There is a difference between U.S. and Canadian copyright laws.

Question 1 – Do copyright laws and the Fair Dealing Guidelines apply to online teaching and face-to-face learning during a pandemic?

Question 2 – Are there initiatives from publishers during school closures caused by the pandemic?

Question 3 – What does Access Copyright's ‘Read Aloud Canadian Books Program’ permit without copyright permission?

Question 4 – Can a teacher read a story to students in the evening on FaceBook Live or a similar online platform to promote literacy?

Question 5 – Can a live book reading by a teacher be communicated online?

Question 6 – Can teachers record themselves reading books aloud to their students?

Question 7 – Can teachers transmit a recording of the book reading to their students via a password-protected website?

Question 8 – Can teachers record themselves reading a portion of a book and share the video on a password-protected platform such as Google Classroom or Moodle?

Question 9 – Can teachers include modern-day music in a video that teachers are preparing for their students?

Question 10 –  Can a group of students (class or choir) meet online (via Google Meet) to practise and perform a published piece using a screen recording?

Question 11 – Can a school create a 'Virtual Choir' of a published work that has been purchased (the appropriate number of copies - one per person) by the school, and post it online for public viewing?

Question 12 – Can teachers post online chapters of textbooks that have been purchased for all the students but which may not be accessible to them because the books are in a closed school?

Question 13 – Can materials on websites such as photographs, activities, and images be copied and pasted to create activities for students? An example is building an activity library.

Copyright Information for Teachers link

• FairDealingDecisionTool.ca
  This online tool allows teachers to determine in a few clicks whether a specific use is fair dealing.
• Fair Dealing Guidelines (colour poster)
  This poster describes the rights, obligations, and limits of fair dealing in the classroom.
  
• Teachers’ Use of “Consumables” (colour poster)
  This poster describes the strict prohibition on copying, scanning, or printing materials intended for one-time use.
• Copyright Matters!, 4th Edition
  This booklet provides teachers with user-friendly advice on classroom activities that do not require copyright permission.
• Copyright compliance checklists
  This checklist outlines the things that principals and teachers need to do to be copyright compliant.
• Copyright law impacts what teachers can copy for their students
  This document explains the copyright rules governing the use of publicly available material on the Internet and fair dealing for educational purposes.
• Teachers' use of "fair dealing" in the classroom
  This document explains that short excerpts from published works, books, magazines, films, television programs, recordings, and music can be used for educational purposes.
• Teachers' use of Internet materials in the classroom
  This document explains that teachers and students can legally perform routine classroom activities using publicly available Internet material.

Copyright Matters! (link to downloadable 4th edition with 24 questions)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.        What is the purpose of this booklet?

2.        Why is copyright important?

3.        What is fair dealing?

4.        Does fair dealing permit the making of a digital copy from a print source?

5.        Can teachers copy or post an entire musical score or does the 10 per cent limit in the Fair Dealing Guidelines apply?

6.        Can a teacher copy for instruction?

7.        Can a teacher copy materials intended for one-time use? (reproducibles)

8.        Can a teacher copy for tests and examinations?

9.        Can teachers and students use statutes, regulations, and court decisions?

10.     What rights do students with perceptual disabilities have?

11.     What rights do school libraries have?

12.     Can teachers play a sound recording or turn on a radio for students to listen to, or turn on a

 television for students to watch?

13.     Can students perform a work protected by copyright, such as a play, on school premises?

14.     Can music be performed without the copyright owner’s permission?

15.     Can students and teachers use copyright-protected works to create new works?

16.     Can teachers copy programs from radio or television?

17.     Can teachers show an audiovisual work (such as a DVD or video) on school premises without infringing copyright? "Teachers can show audiovisual works purchased or rented from a rental store, a copy borrowed from the library, a copy borrowed from a friend, or a YouTube video."

18.     Can teachers copy an audiovisual work at home and show it in the classroom?

19.     Can lessons be streamed live to students or recorded and made available on-line for students at a time of their choosing?

20.     Can teachers copy computer software for educational use?

21.     Can teachers and students copy from the Internet?

22.     Can teachers and students break digital locks to use copyright-protected materials they have the legal right to use?

23.     Are student-created works protected by copyright?

24.     Where can I get more information on copyright?

The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
www.cmec.ca