Copyright in Schools

Following some conversations in class about copyright laws in schools, I did a little research in regards to YouTube.

Smart Copying is a great resource for copyright restrictions. It is a website run by the Australian National Copyright Group. It's a really well set-up site that helps teachers from primary to tertiary to find out about rules on reproducing and communicating copyright material.

In regards to YouTube, they recommend:

• Don't use content that is likely to be an infringing copy.
• Only use YouTube videos for the purpose of teaching. There should be no commercial benefit.
• Only use what you need.
• Check that you can't purchase or readily license the content that you need from another source.
• Don't expose the content to further copying or communication, such as giving students access to an electronic file that they could copy.

I'm still not sure about what I can and can't use on YouTube (or VIMEO). I was under the impression that anything published in YouTube can be viewed by the public (which I thought would include students). Maybe not?