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Lizabeth, Baljit and Sumaira, students in the Provincial Instructor Diploma Program at Vancouver Community College. The course we are taking is PID3240, Media Enhanced Learning, and is led by Doug Mauger. The purpose of this wiki assignment is to explore the web and create a site regarding the issue of COPYRIGHT and Licencing.

__**Lizabeth Harrison**__
I am a Licenced Esthetician, Spa Massage Therapist and Yoga Instructor learning new skills to make a transition from working in and managing a spa to become an Spa Instructor. I am presently working at a private institution, West Coast College of Massage Therapy in New Westminster BC, as a Public Clinic Supervisor and an Ayurveda course instructor this summer. I am finding out day by day in this program, how much I don't know.

__**Sumaira Husain**__
I am a Licenced Early Childhood Educator working as a Facilitator with children and families in an Early Learning Centre called StrongStart in the Surrey school district. StrongStart is a Family Drop In Place where children and families come to play, learn, interact and connect with each other. My role as an Educator and a Facilitator encompasses the teaching of skills but I am not working in the capacity of an instructor at any post secondary institution yet. I hope to be able to teach courses in the field of Early Childhood Education in the near future. I am slowly beginning to get comfortable with using technology in my courses:)

**__Baljit Kang__**
I am a lic. mechanic for past 20 years. I am married and have two kids. I actually started on this program almost four years ago and due to circumstances, I didn't get around to complete all of the courses. However now, I am determined to complete the whole program. I do have about one year's teaching experience at BCIT & VCC as a sub instructor, but my real plan is to get a full time position in this profession. I look forward to work together with everyone and learn a lot from this program.

What is Copyright? [[image:copyright-explained.jpg width="350" height="217" align="right"]]
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**Copyright** is a set of [|exclusive ritghts] granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. In most jurisdictions copyright arises upon fixation and does not need to be registered. Copyright owners have the exclusive statutory right to exercise control over copying and other exploitation of the works for a specific period of time, after which the work is said to enter the [|public domain]. Uses covered under [|limitations and exceptions to copyright], such as [|fair use], do not require permission from the copyright owner. All other uses require permission. Copyright owners can license or permanently transfer or assign their exclusive rights to others.

Initially copyright law applied to only the copying of books. Over time other uses such as translations and [|derivative works] were made subject to copyright. Copyright now covers a wide range of works, including [|maps], [|sheet music], [|dramatic works], [|paintings], [|photographs], [|architectural drawings], [|sound recordings], [|motion pictures] and [|computer programs]. The British [|Statute of Anne] 1709, full title "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned", was the first copyright statute. Today copyright laws are partially standardized through international and regional agreements such as the [|Berne Convention] and the [|WIPO Copyright Treaty]. Although there are consistencies among nations' copyright laws, each jurisdiction has separate and distinct laws and regulations covering copyright. National copyright laws on licensing, transfer and assignment of copyright still vary greatly between countries and copyrighted works are licensed on a territorial basis. Some jurisdictions also recognize [|moral rights] of creators, such as the right to be credited for the work.