Protecting+copyright

= Considering copyright in a digital world =


 * Introduction: ** In a Web 2.0 environment, terms such as sharing, collaboration, participation come to mind. //"A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with each other as contributors to the website's [|content], in contrast to websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them."// [] If we are in a culture of sharing, we must ask ourselves, what is rightfully ours? How do we protect this material, especially if it is in the public domain online? What are our rights in terms of ownership and [|copyright]?

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 * Scenario: **Charles Leadbeater created a presentation called, [|We Think] in which he highlighted the fact that we are all publishing and sharing more and more to a global audience online. He asks, "//how do we protect what is private//?" and "//are we always safe sharing//?" In the same presentation, he goes on to ask, "//How do we earn a living, when everyone is freely sharing their ideas?//" He ends the presentation with the idea that, "//we are what we share//." WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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 * Reflection: ** If 'we are what we share', how can we share freely and safely and still protect our right to earn a living? We'd love to hear your view. Please leave a message in the **DISCUSSION** **tab above** (this will appear in the thread below).

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**Additional resources to consider: **
Privacy Commissioner - The Privacy Act and Codes  [|http://www.privacy.org.nz/the-privacy-act-and-codes/]

 [|Guidelines for the Online Publication of Student Images and Schoolwork]  NZ Ministry of Education. 2000

 Yo u tube - A Fair(y) Use Tale []

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