Categories: Teaching Resources

Copyright: Copying without copyright hassles

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-114" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;10&sol;SN11&lowbar;-&lowbar;Teaching&lowbar;Resources&lowbar;-&lowbar;Copyright&lowbar;Licensing&lowbar;-&lowbar;12497447&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SN11 - Teaching Resources - Copyright Licensing - 12497447" width&equals;"253" height&equals;"169" &sol;>Copyright can be a minefield for teachers – particularly when it comes to audiovisual material&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You see the perfect programme on television&comma; want to use it in class – but are you meant to get permission before you record it and how do you go about doing this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Generally speaking&comma; recording programmes for teaching purposes does require copyright clearances&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fortunately there is a simple way for schools to achieve this&period; Schools can take out a Screenrights Television and Radio licence&comma; pay an annual fee and then copy whatever they like from television and radio whenever they like – for use in the classroom or to keep in the library as an ongoing resource&period; Schools can also download AV material that has been legally made available online&comma; including podcasts&comma; vodcasts or programmes from the Internet&period; There are no limits on the amount of a programmes you can copy nor on the number of copies schools can make&period; There are also no constraints on the type of programme you can copy nor on the channel from which you can make the copy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Screenrights is a non-profit organisation representing the copyright owners in film and television programmes&period; The licence is provided for in the New Zealand Copyright Act in order to ensure that teachers have access to this wealth of material&comma; and that copyright owners are paid for this use of their work&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Screenrights conducts copying surveys in licensed schools to determine whose programmes have been copied and how often&period; This enables Screenrights to distribute the money it collects to the people whose programmes are being copied&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Teachers can find out more about the Screenrights licence at <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;screenrights&period;org&sol;nz&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">www&period;screenrights&period;org&sol;nz&period;<&sol;a> Schools can also obtain a licence through the NZSTA&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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