Copyright Laws
Copyright Laws
Use of "copyrighted" content is covered under Copyright Law of Canada.
All media content (ie: photographs, graphics, videos, logos, etc.) on the internet (or sourced elsewhere) is owned by the content created/owners. These can be individuals or companies who have created the creative content or purchased the ownership rights.
To use downloaded media content for school projects all of the following conditions below must be met:
- Used for educational and research purposes - can't download media for your own personal use (ie. music for your personal device.)
- Only portions of content can be used - (eg. part of a song)
- Cannot post the media outside the closed PDSB network (ie. posting to a personal youtube channel)
- Must cite the content creators in your work - usually in the credits of your video
Artist name(s)
Song name
Remember...downloading content such as movies and music for personal use breaks copyright laws.
Just because you can download the media does not mean you have the "rights" to use it. That's stealing. Don't do it! One day soon you will have a career, do you want to earn a fair wage and living.
There are many ways to download content. For our Educational purposes within the school board network you can use the following options.
To download video content in class for education purposes we will use the 4K Video Downloader application. Remember to save the required source information in order to properly cite the original content creators in your work/project.
The video below covers how to download images from the internet for education purposes.