Copyright Basics

PIDP 3240 - 2012Wei Liang

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Topics1. What is Copyright?2. What is covered by copyright? 3. What rights do copyright owners?4. How long does a copyright last?5. How to register a copyright in Canada?6. What is a valid copyright notice?7. International Copyright Protection8. Best Practices in Fair Use 9. Other Copyright Resources

1. What is Copyright?• In the simplest terms, "copyright" means "the

right to copy." In general, only the copyright owner, often the creator of the work, is allowed to produce or reproduce the work or to permit anyone else to do so.

-Canada intellectual Property Office

2. What is covered by copyright?

Copyright applies to all original, dramatic, musical, artistic and literary works (including computer programs). It also applies to performances, communication signals and sound recordings.

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3. What rights do copyright owners have under the Copyright Act?

The Copyright Act of 1976 grants a number of exclusive rights to copyright owners, including:

– reproduction right -- the right to make copies of a protected work– distribution right -- the right to sell or otherwise distribute copies to th

e public– right to create adaptations -- the right to prepare new works based on

the protected work – performance and display rights – the rights to perform a protected work or to display a work in public.

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4. How long does a copyright last?

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5. How to register a copyright in Canada?

• You can register your copyright by filing a simple application and depositing one or two samples of the work (depending on what it is) with Canada Intellectual Property Office

6. What is a valid copyright notice?A copyright notice should contain:• the word "copyright"• a "c" in a circle (©)• the date of publication, and• the name of either the author or the owner of

all the copyright rights in the published work.

eg.Copyright © 2006 by Stephen Fishman.

7. International Copyright Protection• Berne Convention

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8. Best Practices in Fair Use

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The Digital Image Rights Computator

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Digital Copyright Slider

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Baruch College's Guide to Using Copyrighted Media

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9. Other Copyright Resources

For information about all other matters related to copyright (policy, royalties, licences), refer to the following sites:– Copyright and International Intellectual Property Policy Dir

ectorate (Industry Canada)

– Copyright Policy Branch (Canadian Heritage)– Copyright Board– Access Copyright– COPIBEC– SOCAN

Reference• Canada intellectual Property Officehttp://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site

• Stanford University Library - Copyright and Fair Usehttp://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview

• Wikipediahttp://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Berne_Convention.png

• Baruch College's Guide to Using Copyrighted Mediahttp://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/copyright

• Digital Copyright Slider by Michael Brewerhttp://librarycopyright.net/resources/digitalslider