Year 9 Assessment Booklet 2020

COPYRIGHT GUIDELINES

Somerset College has strict guidelines in relation to copyright and plagiarism.

A s a student, you can rely on what’s called ‘fair dealing for research or study’ . This exception allows you to reproduce limited copyright material both for your own reference and in your assignments. The guidelines for text and notated (sheet) music are: • 10% of the pages, or one chapter, from a hard-copy source • 10% of the number of words from an electronic source • One article from an edition or issue of a periodical • More than one article from a single issue or edition is permitted provided the articles are to be used for the same research or course of study The types of work copyright protects includes: Artistic Works - paintings, photographs, maps, graphics, cartoons, charts, diagrams and illustrations Literary Works - novels, textbooks, poems, song lyrics, newspaper articles, computer software, computer games Musical Works - melodies, song music, advertising jingles, film scores Dramatic works - plays, screenplays and choreography Films and Moving Images - Feature films, short films, documentaries, television programs, interactive games, television advertisements, music videos and vodcasts Sound Recordings - MP3 files, CDs, DVDs, vinyl and tape recordings, podcasts. Broadcasts - Pay and Free to air television and radio It is important to note that online text, images, broadcasts, videos and music on websites, wikis, blogs and social networking sites are all protected by copyright. You can find public domain and Creative Commons resources from the Copyright page on the Information Services site . These resources include video, images and music that can be used without breaching copyright. It is advisable to provide attribution for the work you use. For further information on copyright and how it might affect the assignment you are working on please refer to the Smartcopy website , the Australian Copyright Council or at the Information Desk in the KIP.

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