Definitions:
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â âcopyrightâ means the legal protection of a copyright ownerâs work. Copyright law does not protect ideas, only the form in which they are expressedâ - AP 190.
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â âcopyright infringementâ means publishing, adapting, exhibiting, translating, editing, performing in public, communicating by telecommunication, copying, or converting to another medium without permission of the copyright ownerâ - AP 190.
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â âworks covered by copyrightâ mean all original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works for which the copyright ownerâs term of rights has not expired.â - AP 190.
Protection:
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âThe District believes in the rights of copyright owners and expects staff members to be aware of and uphold these rights as required by the Copyright ActâŚthe District will not accept responsibility for a staff member who willfully and knowingly contravenes the Copyright Act or who copies materials without permission of a copyright owner excluded from the Access Copyright agreement.â - AP 190.
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âStaff members will not be required by their supervisors to perform any service that is a violation of the copyright administrative procedure.â - AP 190.
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âAll videocassette and DVD players, photocopiers, and computers should be labeled to identify clearly what constitutes copyright infringement under law and the Access Copyright agreementâ - AP 190.
Ownership of Copyright:
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âThe District owns copyright in any works produced by a staff member in the course of his/her employment.â - AP 190.
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âUsers are advised that computer systems (and files/records including email records) are District property...â - AP 140.
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âStudents own the copyright on anything that they create and parental permission to reproduce, perform, or communicate their work should be obtained if the student is under 16. Student permission is required if the student is 16 or over. Permission is not required to display student work within the school. Permission is required to display student work outside of the Districtâ - AP 190.
Allowable content:
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âIt is not an infringement of copyright for schools, students, or staff members to reproduce, perform, and communicate works as allowed under law and the Access Copyright agreementâ - AP 190.
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âWorks covered by copyright may [otherwise] only be reproduced for District office, class, or school use with oral or written permission from the copyright owner or if copying of the works is covered by the agreement entered into with Access Copyright on behalf of the District by the British Columbia Ministry of Educationâ - AP 190.
Process for Receiving Oral or Written Permission:
In-Service and Review:
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âCopyright in-service sessions shall be offered to all staff members, to ensure they are made aware of Copyright Law, the Access Copyright agreement and this administrative procedureâ - AP 190.