The+Copyright+Guide

==== Copyright is a legal concept, it is a intellectural propertylaw, which gives the creator of the original work exclusive rights. ==== ====It is the right of an author or creator of original work to exclusively copy, distribute and / or adapt the work. Copyright applies to all original, dramatic, musical, artistic and literary works (including computer programs). It also applies to performances, communication signals and sound recordings. ====

Copyright initially was conceived as a way for government to restrict printing; the contemporary intent of copyright is to promote the creation of new works by giving authors control of and profit from them. Today, copyright law protect all kinds of intellectural property, such as digital media, video and audio, image and picture, article and jurnal, information found on the internet. commercial or public use of any such material created by others, has to obtain permission from the copyright holders.

Copyright holders have exclusive rights and we have listed them below:

 * ====The right to reproduce the work ====
 * ====The right to prepare derivative work ====
 * ====The right to disribute copies ====
 * ====The right to perform the work publicly ====
 * ====The right to display the work publicly ====

In which " The right to display the work publicly" is extremely significant, to display a work means to "show a copy of it, either directly or by means of a ... television image, or any other device or process ..." The complexity to determine whether a particular transmission might amount to a "distribution" or a "performance" and is particularly hard to analyze.

**__Some important terminologies in Copyright Law__**

Authorship: Authorship is the act, fact or occupation of writing; it is the source of origin as of a book or an idea expressed in a tangible form.

Ownership: Ownership of property may be private, collective or common things such as objects, real estate, personal information and intellectual property. It determines who has the right and duties over these properties. Moral rights: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Moral rights mean several things, it means a subset of rights of creators of Copyrighted works, and it pertains with the principles of rules, ethics, and natural rights that are not contingent upon the laws. The Moral rights of a work can remain even after the creator's death, moral rights usually exists alongside Copyright in certain type of work.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Fair Dealing: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Fair dealing does not depend upon the consent or authorization of the owner of the copyright. Therefore, it constitutes a defense to an infringement action,even though the behavior shows all the elements of infringement. The fair dealing exceptions allow one to escape liability in the specific circumstances enumerated by the Act if the dealing in question was in fact fair,Fair dealing is not defined in the Copyright Act. ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Copyright usually exists for a predetermined time (50 to 100 years after the death of the author or creator), after which the work enters the public domain. Ultimately, all individuals have the right to copy, distribute and / or adapt once the work is in the public domain. ==== ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">When Educators and the general public are in the midst of comperhension between how they could justify and recognize copyright while using materials and also comply with copyright and copyright limitations. Copyright allows "fair" exceptions to the creator's exclusivity of copyright, and giving users certain rights such as Fair Dealing. However since the development of digital media and computer network technologies it has prompted governments world wide to open up to reinterpretation of these exceptions, these new technologies have introduced new difficulties in enforcing copyright, and inspired additional challenges to copyright law's philosophic basis. Simultaneously, businesses with great economic dependence upon copyright have advocated the extension and expansion of their copy rights, and sought additional legal and technological enforcement.Thus educators have to find balance in comply copyright laws such as Copyright Canada and make sure to have sufficient, legitment material to maximize the effect of learning and teaching. ====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">With most of our universities, institutuions and training agencies are operating under an interim tariff agreement with Access©, the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, it <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">acts as bridge between Creators and Users. It affiliates with creators, publishers, business and educators to provide a fair and affordable way of using Copyrighted materials, while at the same time making sure the Copyright holders are compensated appropriately. Access Canada <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">is covering forms of print reproduction, but not the copy right of video, audio and movies, institutions are obligated to obtain license for other forms of educational materials such as audio, video and other digital productions.