Sunday, June 22, 2008

Bill C-61 in laymans terms: lesson

Forth topic of bill C-61, Lessons

This one require a quick definition. A "lesson" covers lectures, lessons, test or examination giving by an education institution that would otherwise infringe on someone's copyrights but is permitted by virtue of it being used to teach. (See Clause 18, Section 30.01 Subsection 1)

According to Bill C-61,
The institution is allowed to:
  • Broadcast this lesson if the public is only students (Clause 18, section 30.01, subsection 3)

The institution is not allowed to:
  • Print more than one copy of any digital reproduction communicated by a lesson (Clause 18, section 30.02, subsection 2)
  • Use a work from the internet if the website or the work has any form of technical restriction (Clause 18, section 30.04, subsection 3)

The institution must:
  • Destroy this lesson 30 days after the final course evaluation have been giving out. (Clause 18, section 30.01, subsection 5, paragraph a)
  • Take measures to ensure that only student can receive the lesson (Clause 18, section 30.01, subsection 5, paragraph b)
  • Take measures to ensure that students will not copy the lesson (Clause 18, section 30.01, subsection 5, paragraph c)
  • Take measures to ensure that any digital reproduction cannot be communicated to anyone else outside the institution (Clause 18, section 30.02, subsection 3, paragraph b)
  • Take measures to ensure that any digital reproduction cannot be printed more than once per person that has received the lesson (Clause 18, section 30.02, subsection 3, paragraph c)
  • Take nay measure prescribed by regulations for any copied digital reproduction (Clause 18, section 30.02, subsection 3, paragraph d)

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