© Copyright ©

A Quick Guide

What does the law actually say?

• Introduced to protect people who have created original pieces of work.

• Books, Music, Films, Games, Applications.

• 2 main purposes of the Act:

• To ensure people are rewarded for their endeavours.

• To give protection to the copyright holder if someone tries to steal their work.

What the law covers…

• The Act protects a wide range of work… written and computer based.

• Includes:

• Copying Software;

• Copying or Downloading music;

• Copying images or photographs from the Web;

• Copying text from web pages.

So what does this mean for you?

Simply put this means Copyright is :• The right to NOT have your original work (in literary, dramatic, musical or artistic

work) copied by someone else who could say they made it. e.g. text ( literature), pictures, most things that you could make ( including sounds).

• That means you should not COPY anything without the owners permission. However ….– Students (people who are learning and teaching) can copy images and text for use in– their learning provided they acknowledge where they got the images and text from– and do not use them for commercial purposes ( to make money).