Copyright


Copyright is a right held by the owner of a creative work that gives them the exclusive right to copy, distribute or show their work. This means the copyright owner has the right to prevent anybody copying or distributing their work. This means unless they sell or give permission, their work may not be copied, distributed, sold or shown in public.

Lesson Intents

  • You will become aware of how copyright determines what you can copy or communicate legally
  • You will become aware of how copyright impacts on you as a student/teacher
  • Learn how to use copyright material appropriately/legally

Success Outcomes

  • Students will develop presentations that educate themselves and others in copyright laws

Assessment Task


You are to create a presentation about one of the topics listed on the Smartcopying website. Your presentation should be aimed at students in Year 7-9. How you decide to present or what medium you use is up to you. You decide on how you think you can be most effective in getting your message across.

You could:
  • Write a song, poem
  • Create a poster
  • Create an email petition
  • Video

Ultimately your presentation must be minimum of 2minutes and maximum of 3 minutes.

Creative responses are greatly encouraged