[Year 12 IT Apps] copyright

Tue Feb 6 16:17:57 EST 2007

As someone who has logged onto an interstate secondary school web site and
found my written material scanned onto that web site, with the teacher
claiming that this was their own work, I can appreciate copyright laws.
While at times they may seem unwieldy or unjust, they do protect the IP of
the authors of materials. 

If someone breaches your own copyright, even innocently, it can give you a
real sinking feeling to see material on a website that has not been
acknowledged to you. 

Regardless of this, this list is a great resource and it would be a shame to
see material not put on websites for reasons of copyright but ....

Kind regards

Allan Barnes, CEO
Australian Institute of Education and Training
Phone: (03) 9387 2051
FAX: (03) 9387 3470
E-mail: abarnes at aiet.com.au

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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Andrew Sutton
Sent: Tuesday, 6 February 2007 3:54 PM
To: 'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'
Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] copyright

A big thank you to VCAA for protecting the Victorian Governments copyright
and in doing so stuffing hundreds of teachers and students around. I know I
will feel safer at night knowing that copyright is safe and secure even if
we do miss out on parts of the best one site solution.  Keep up the good
work Mark.  

Andrew Sutton

IT / SOSE Teacher

St Arnaud Secondary College

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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of RILEY, Bruce
Sent: Tuesday, 6 February 2007 9:54 AM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] copyright

Paula,

I think you are been a little pedantic. It's not as if Mark is profiting
from this. It is simply making resources and discussion more convenient for
students and teachers. The Mexican wave has gone too far and I think this
has too. :-)

Please let common sense prevail.

Bruce

Bruce Riley

ICT Manager

Kew High School

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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Christophersen, Paula P
Sent: Tuesday, 6 February 2007 9:26 AM
To: itapps at edulists.com.au
Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] copyright

Dear colleagues

I will clarify the concerns raised in several messages posted to this list
regarding VCAA's copyright policy. In essence, the copying or downloading of
any material from the VCAA website can be for personal use only.
Reproduction and transmission of these files is not permitted, which is in
accordance with the Copyright Act. As you will see from the following
extract from the VCAA's copyright policy, written permission must be sought
to use VCAA material on a school website.

Copying or downloading files from this website: Users can copy or download
files from this website for personal use only. Reproduction and transmission
of these files is not permitted. Victorian schools only may make copies of
files for use by teachers or students. Written permission must be sought
from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority before placing any
VCAA material on your Internet site. Victorian schools can only make copies
of files for use by teachers or students. 

In the case being discussed, no permission has been sought to use VCAA
material. Schools are able to include files on their intranet, but not on
their school website, which is then available for public use. 

Regarding examinations, permission must be sought before reproducing
examination papers or extracts. Part of this stems from the fact that there
is often third party copyright material in exam papers, so permission was
granted to VCAA only to use this material. For this reason, schools can
apply for permission to place these exams on their intranet. Again, in this
case being discussed no permission had been sought to reproduce and transmit
this examination on a website. Here is the extract from the VCAA website
regarding examinations copyright. 

Written permission must be sought from the Victorian Curriculum and
Assessment Authority before reproducing VCE examination papers or extracts. 

No permission will be given for VCE examination papers or extracts to be
reproduced on Internet sites. Permission may be sought for intranet sites
and a link to the VCAA website (www.vcaa.vic.edu.au). 

VCE Examination Papers may be reproduced provided that: 

*	the material is not reproduced in the exam paper format 

*	that there is value added material included in the publication 

*	the end user clears all third party copyright material in exam
papers 

*	a fee will apply for all commercial uses. 

In the case being discussed, the 2006 IPM assessment report was being
quoted. This report is available on the VCAA website at:
<http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/infoprocess/assessreports/2
006/infoprocessmgmtnovassessrpt06.pdf>
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/infoprocess/assessreports/20
06/infoprocessmgmtnovassessrpt06.pdf 

VCAA's full copyright statement is located at
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/aboutus/policies/policy-copyright.html#H2N4001E5

I trust that teachers will give serious consideration to the key provisions
of the Copyright Act, as it forms part of the IT applications study. 

Regards

Paula

Paula Christophersen

ICT Curriculum Manager

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment

Authority

41 St Andrews Place

EAST MELBOURNE 3002

Phone: 03 9651 4378

Fax: 03 9651 4324

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