[Year 12 IPM] Recommend multimedia software

[O'Connor, Peter T]

Found this an interesting article on proposed changes to copyright laws
in Australia - if you have not seen it already.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/new-laws-to-limit-use-of-tv-recor
ding/2006/05/14/1147545211338.html 

-----Original Message-----
From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Jim Haigh
Sent: Thursday, 18 May 2006 11:03 AM
To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
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Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Recommend multimedia software

This is about the most comprehensive explanation I have been able to
find on music copyright.


http://www.apra.com.au/music-users/education_print/schools.asp


There is an accompanying pdf file which has plenty of info on it. 

I would be happy to forward it but it's 1.2MB so I won't post it to the
list.

Jim Haigh
Kardinia International College


-----Original Message-----
From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
Sent: Thursday, 18 May 2006 10:26 AM
To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
Teachers'Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Recommend multimedia software

Copyright law (including the Digital Agenda Act) basically says that you

can't do anything with other people's copyrighted intellectual property.

  If it seems reasonable, logical or fun, it's probably illegal.

But seriously, as I read it, you can't communicate, adapt or convert 
copyrighted material without permission if it's more than a tiny amount 
of the original.

Alex Hopkins wrote:
> Graham Travers wrote about using Audacity to add sound to Flash files.

> I was interested to hear that, as it came on the same day I'd been 
> having a conversation with one of my younger students about doing that

> very thing.  I had told him I wasn't sure about all the copyright
issues 
> relating to using music files (despite being an IT teacher.  My 
> ignorance must be attributed to my not being an IPM teacher despite 
> subscribing to the IPM list).  What are we allowed to do in this
regard?
>  
> -Alex Hopkins
>  


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Mark Kelly
McKinnon Secondary College
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