How much do you know about Copyright?

Test yourself with these questions. Answers are available at the bottom of the screen. If you aren’t able to answer ALL of the questions correctly, you should do the online Copyright module (available to all staff on MyUni).

1. In which of these would copyright subsist?
a. Newspaper article
b. Map
c. TV program
d. Unwritten family recipe
e. A self-recorded musical performance

2. A work is only copyrighted if it contains the © symbol – True or False?

3. As a lecturer, you may photocopy for distribution to students as part of their course materials:
a. any amount of a textbook provided it is correctly referenced
b. a different chapter of the same textbook each week
c. up to 10% or one chapter (whichever is greater) of a textbook
d. up to 20% or two chapters (whichever is greater) of a textbook

4. As a lecturer, can you copy part of a TV program and e-mail it to your students as recommended viewing for their course?
a. Yes – provided you include the appropriate warning notice
b. No

5. If you make copies as permitted under the University’s licences, you do not need to reference the work – True or False?

Answers:
1.All except d   2.False  3.c  4.a  5.False