<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://886/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I was interested to read this reply from Barbara Braxton to a post that I originally sent from ATOM around a week ago. It is worth having a read as it covers something of the wider debate that is going on at the moment about copyright and schools on the oz-teachers list. I am cross posting it here as my original post was to other lists. Worth following the fascinating discussion around this.<div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Regards Roland<br><br><b>Roland Gesthuizen</b> | eLearning Leader <br>Keysborough College DEECD<br><a href="http://about.me/rgesthuizen">http://about.me/rgesthuizen</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead</div></div></div>
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Barbara Braxton <<a href="mailto:barbara.288@bigpond.com">barbara.288@bigpond.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Re: [Oz-teachers] Proposed changes to copyright - explanation</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">18 July 2013 5:48:44 PM AEST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">OZTL_NET <<a href="mailto:oztl_net@lists.oztlnet.com">oztl_net@lists.oztlnet.com</a>>, NSWTL <<a href="mailto:nswtl@nswceg.org.au">nswtl@nswceg.org.au</a>>, 'Professional community for teachers' <<a href="mailto:oz-teachers@rite.ed.qut.edu.au">oz-teachers@rite.ed.qut.edu.au</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Professional community for teachers <<a href="mailto:oz-teachers@rite.ed.qut.edu.au">oz-teachers@rite.ed.qut.edu.au</a>><br></span></div><br><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">As promised here is the information about the proposed copyright changes that you are encouraged to read. Please share it on any other appropriate lists that you might belong to.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">I have permission to copy and paste the original sent to me (which will soon be available on the NCU’s website) in lieu of sending attachments but if anyone wants what I’ve been sent with the official header and footer, particularly if this loses formatting in transmission, please email me offlist.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="5" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><font size="5" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Australian Law Reform Commission Review<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><font size="5" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Copyright and the Digital Economy<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="5" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="border: 1pt solid black; padding: 1pt 4pt; background-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border: none; padding: 0cm; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; ">What is the ALRC review?</span></font></b><b><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) is currently reviewing Australia’s copyright exceptions to make sure they are suitable for the digital environment. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">This review is critical for Australian teachers and students. Delivering world class education requires copyright laws that are fit for purpose in a digital age. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Teachers, parents and schools all expect to be able to use the most modern and effective teaching methods for the benefits of Australian students. However, Australia’s current copyright laws are stuck in the age of the photocopier.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Australian teachers currently face a complex copyright environment, which sets different rules for different types and different uses of copyright materials. These rules also apply differently to different technologies and formats. This just does not make sense in a digital age.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The ALRC has proposed two reforms that will ensure Australia’s copyright system is appropriate for teachers in the 21<sup>st</sup>century:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt; "><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Introducing a fair use provision. This will future proof Australia’s copyright laws and ensure that fair uses of copyright materials are permitted in Australian schools.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt; "><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Repealing the current statutory licences and replacing them with more modern and efficient voluntary collective licences. This will allow Australia’s educational licences to be modernised to make sure that teachers can continue to use copyright materials in their teaching, and copyright owners will continue to receive fair remuneration.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The Australian school sector supports these reforms.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="border: 1pt solid black; padding: 1pt 4pt; background-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border: none; padding: 0cm; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; ">Responding to claims by the Australian Society of Authors<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The ASA has written to schools in Australia encouraging teachers to oppose the ALRC’s proposals. The ASA is encouraging teachers to write to the ALRC criticising the proposals. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The schools sector<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">does not share</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the ASA’s views. We believe the ASA information misrepresents the ALRC’s recommendations and the impact of reform on teachers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The Australian education sector would never support a law reform proposal that would make things worse for teachers. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><h2 style="margin: 10pt 0cm 0.0001pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 13pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(79, 129, 189); "><b><font size="3" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext; font-weight: normal; ">The Schools’ submissions to the ALRC were made after careful consideration by all State and Territory Departments of Education, the Independent Schools Council of Australia and the National Catholic Education Commission. They are also supported by the universities, TAFE and VET sectors. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="border: 1pt solid black; padding: 1pt 4pt; background-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border: none; padding: 0cm; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; ">Assessing the claims by the Australian Society of Authors<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Here are some of the claims made by the ASA and why the schools sector disagrees with them:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">The Educational Statutory Licence makes a teacher’s job easier<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">There will be very few differences in the way teachers can use copyright materials in class. What<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">will</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>be different is that schools will no longer be penalised financially for using digital technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">For example:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 39pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt; "><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">writing a quote from a book on a blackboard is currently covered by an exception. Writing the same quote from the same book on an interactive whiteboard is not – and must be paid for out of education budgets.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 39pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt; "><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">the default provisions of the statutory licence mean that schools pay millions of dollars of public funds each year just to use materials that are freely available on the internet, such as free tourism maps of Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">It is reassuring to know that people who create educational content receive payment for their skill, time and effort<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The system proposed by the ALRC will continue to support the production of educational content in Australia – and will ensure that creators will continue to receive fair remuneration for their efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Most uses that are currently paid for under the statutory licences will continue to be paid for in the proposed new system, under voluntary licence arrangements (similar to those currently in place and operate successfully with the music collecting societies).<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The ALRC’s suggested changes will fix the current situation, which creates financial disincentives to use new technologies in teaching. For example, currently showing material on an interactive whiteboard may result in up to four times as many remunerable activities than printing a copy for each student.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">I oppose changes that will create a further burden on my time<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The ALRC’s proposals will<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">not</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>create any additional burden for teachers. Teachers will not become the “copyright police”. Nor will they have to change their current copying practices. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Teachers will not be required to make copyright decisions each time they want to use materials in class. As is currently the case, uses will either be clearly understood to be covered by an exception – or they will be permitted under the terms of a collective voluntary licence that will set out the rules for teachers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Voluntary licensing arrangements may in fact make teachers’ lives easier in practice – as the licences could be updated to take account of changing practices and teaching tools.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Change to the current system will create uncertainty about what I can and cannot share with my students<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">At present, there are different rules as to what content a teacher can copy, depending on whether the material is an image, text, TV broadcast, film or music recording.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The ALRC’s proposals will simplify the rules significantly. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">As is currently the case, the National Copyright Unit will provide clear and simple guidance on what uses are allowed in schools. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">I oppose changes that take fair remuneration away from the people who create high quality educational resources, many of whom are teachers<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Contrary to the ASA’s claims, fair use will<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">not</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mean that all educational uses of copyright materials will be free. Schools have a long track record of paying for educational use of music under voluntary licensing arrangements with AMCOS/APRA/ARIA and under a licence with Roadshow for films.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">As stated above, many uses that are currently paid for under statutory licences with Copyright Agency and Screenrights will continue to be paid for under similar voluntary licensing arrangements. The Copyright Agency and Screenrights licences will continue to exist – but in a more flexible way that is more suited to the digital learning environment. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Some activities that are identified as fair uses will no longer be remunerable, which may have some impact on licence fees. Alternatively, the licences may be negotiated to allow a greater range of teaching activities with appropriate remuneration for creators. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Schools are not asking for a free ride – simply a fair ride.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="border: 1pt solid black; padding: 1pt 4pt; background-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border: none; padding: 0cm; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; ">More information<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">If you would like to read more about why Australian schools support the ALRC’s proposed reforms, please read the Copyright Advisory Group – Schools’ submissions to the ALRC’s issues paper, available<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><a href="http://www.alrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/subs/cag_schools_submission_-_ip_42_-_corrected.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">here</span></font></a><a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super; "><u><sup><font color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue; "><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super; "><u><sup><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue; ">[1]</span></font></sup></u></span></span></font></sup></u></span></a><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and supplementary submission<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><a href="http://www.alrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/subs/290._org_supcopyrightadvisorygroupschools.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">here</span></font></a><a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title="" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super; "><sup><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super; "><sup><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">[2]</span></font></sup></span></span></font></sup></span></a><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">You can also contact the National Copyright Unit on (02) 9561 1204 or email at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><a href="mailto:delia.browne@det.nsw.edu.au" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">delia.browne@det.nsw.edu.au</span></font></a><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The National Copyright Unit provides – and will continue to provide - clear and straightforward guidance to teachers about how copyright materials can be used in Australia’s classrooms. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; "> </span></font></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Barbara<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Barbara Braxton<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Teacher Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">M.Ed.(TL), M.App.Sci.(TL), M.I.S. (Children's Services)<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">COOMA NSW 2630<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">AUSTRALIA<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="mailto:barbara.288@bigpond.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">barbara.288@bigpond.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Together, we learn from each other<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">500 Hats<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://500hats.edublogs.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://500hats.edublogs.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span></font></div></div><div><br clear="all"><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%"><div id="ftn1"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title="" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super; "><sup><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; "><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super; "><sup><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">[1]</span></font></sup></span></span></font></sup></span></a><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/subs/cag_schools_submission_-_ip_42_-_corrected.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">http://www.alrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/subs/cag_schools_submission_-_ip_42_-_corrected.pdf</span></font></a></span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div id="ftn2"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title="" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super; "><sup><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super; "><sup><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">[2]</span></font></sup></span></span></font></sup></span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/subs/290._org_supcopyrightadvisorygroupschools.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">http://www.alrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/subs/290._org_supcopyrightadvisorygroupschools.pdf</span></font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">.</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span></font></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>The voluntary work of the oz-teachers list is supported through the kind donation of the ACCE<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.acce.edu.au" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.acce.edu.au</a><br><br>oz-teachers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:oz-teachers@rite.ed.qut.edu.au" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">oz-teachers@rite.ed.qut.edu.au</a><br><a href="http://lists.rite.ed.qut.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/oz-teachers" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://lists.rite.ed.qut.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/oz-teachers</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>