Notes on copyright.

We also heard from Kate and Brett from USYD, who confirmed that copyright is tricky! some notes:

• APRA AMCOS (musical score and lyrics) - music publishers and composers,

• sound people: ARIA - sound recordings (fixation of performance) and PPCA (replication and public performance)

• Within a uni/school - try to enable as much copyright things as possible with these people

• when outside of these frameworks, the use of this stuff becomes unlicensed.

• In Australia: we don't have the concept of Fair Use (this is an American thingo) - whether that single use is fair based on some criteria

• Law connected to servers: e.g. Youtube is American

• Important: where does the communication begin?

• Apply Australian laws for the UPLOAD, if someone elsewhere downloaded it they would be under their laws.

• There is NO FAIR DEALING for an educational purpose in Australia. We only have exceptions for Critique, Research, and Satire.

• copyright@sydney.edu.au

Further reading:

Guide to Music Copyright for Australian Educators

The highlights:

Conclusion: being a Music Educator is risky.

This one makes me feel a bit better!