Updated Copyright Matters

Published in Professional on January 14, 2013

copyrightmattersHere in Canada, our copyright legislation was updated recently. The Council of Ministers of Education also updated and released the 3rd Edition of their publication, “Copyright Matters!” From the introduction: “This booklet gives teachers user-friendly information on copyright law, covering items from the Canadian Copyright Act and its regulations, contractual and tariff arrangements with copyright collectives, and court decisions.” You can download your own pdf copy at the link below.
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The URL: http://www.cmec.ca/140/Programs-and-Initiatives/Copyright/Copyright-Matters-/index.html

For further information on Canadian copyright, be sure to check out 2Learn.ca Your Digital Presence, which has an entire section on Copyright and Ownership. It was just updated to reflect the current changes and can be found at http://www.2learn.ca/ydp/.

For American readers of The Teacher List, check out this PBS Teachers site that has resources relevant to your country’s laws. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/copyright/.

For Australian readers, you may find National Copyright Guidelines and other useful information at http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go.

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