Copyright..What can you do?
Monday, 23 June 2014
8:23 AM
Copyright…What am I allowed to do?
Recently, Cathy F and Cheryl T attended the Australian Copyright Council’s annual information day to
find out what was new in the world of copyright and education.
The Copyright Act (1968) has certain schemes within it that help schools and therefore teachers’ copy
and share resources a lot more freely than the outside world. So what exactly can you copy and share?
For example, can you copy a commercial DVD and show it to your class?
In order to answer this and other commonly asked questions, I thought the following FAQs would be a
good starting point. Every question and answer is in the context that what you are doing is for
educational purposes and not for profit.
Question
How much of a textbook can
I copy for my class and
upload to Sloodle?
How many copies can I
make?
How many articles from a
journal or newspaper can I
copy to use with my class?
Can I download YouTube
videos and use them in my
teaching practice?
Answer
You