What is Copyright?

In the TED Talks, you watched last class, the speakers mentioned copyright, the Public Domain, Fair Use and Creative Commons.

What are these?

How do they relate to creativity?

Watch the following animation about Copyright:

Copyright and Fair Use Animation

Use this as your starting point to learn more about:

Intellectual Property

Copyright

Fair Use

Creative commons

Public Domain 

Think about:

What protection is offered?
Who benefits from the protection offered?
Who can use the material being protected? Under what conditions?

You have this lesson, your homework time and Wednesday's lesson to complete this investigation. Post your learning on your blog before the beginning of Friday's lesson.

Use subheadings to organise your work and hyperlinks to give attribution as necessary.


This work will be graded using the following criteria:

• Accurate definition of the term (2)
• An example that demonstrates understanding of the protection offered for each term (4)
• A description that demonstrates understanding of who can use the material and the conditions under which it can be used (6)

To avoid confusion! You need to complete the above points for each of the terms listed above.