Copyright: FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I deal with a presentation from a guest lecturer where the lecturer has used some images which are his own and some from other sources?

You should ask the guest lecturer to provide written permission based on the following:

1. They own copyright in their presentation;
2. They have granted explicit permission to Tabor to use their presentation as a teaching resource.

Where a guest lecturer has made these warranties and given consent for Tabor to use their PowerPoint as a teaching resource, no further action is required.

If this consent hasn't been provided and there are unattributed images, you should either:

1. Remove the unattributed content; or
2. Attribute images as 'source unknown' and add a Copyright Warning Notice as the first or second page of the presentation.

How do I know if a picture I have found on the internet is okay to use in a presentation for my students?

Pictures which can be accessed without having to

• type in a username and password;
• accept a 'clickthrough' Agreement; or
• purchase (e.g. pay per view, or subscription based)

may be copied in regard to copyright limits within the relevant licence

If you wish to use an image which is governed by some form of contractual arrangement then you will need to abide by the terms and conditions governing its use.

Many creators publish their content under Creative Commons licence which allows creators to make their content available for use by others in ways often less restrictive than under the Copyright Act or other forms of licence. Creative Commons licensed content can generally be used for educational purposes without infringing copyright.

How do I acknowledge a picture or photo?

A Standard acknowledgment should include:

• author / artist / creator
• publication year
• title
• publisher and place of publication
• figure or page number
• if from a website, the date it was accessed and its URL

If you don’t know the source of the work, indicate with the following statement “Source unknown. All reasonable efforts have been taken to identify the copyright owner of this material. If you are the copyright owner or know who they are, please contact library@adelaide.tabor.edu.au”

Examples:

Icy sunset, photographed by Nick Matthies, viewed 1 Sept 2012 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickmatthies/6493899657>.

"My Awesome Photo," © 2009 Greg Grossmeier, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Photograph courtesy of the National Library of Australia

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Cooper, GS, Krever, E & Vann, RJ 2002, Income taxation: commentary and materials, 4th ed, Australian Tax Practice, Sydney, NSW, p. 345.

I use a lot of my own photos in powerpoint presentations. Does this need to be noted or is it OK with nothing?

You should be identified as author of the work to have your works treated with respect and not be mispresented. Include the following statement at the beginning of your presentation:

"Unless otherwise indicated, images included in this presentation were created by [your name] © Tabor Adelaide 20[24]"

I haven’t included any source citations for the quotes and images I use in my lectures – does it matter?

Yes - wherever possible you should include some brief source citation for any third-party works embedded within your lectures. Such source acknowledgement (and, especially, acknowledgement of the work's author or creator) is a requirement under the Moral Rights provisions within the Copyright Act. Source citation needn't directly be with the item if that hampers your presentation of the material: you could instead, use a reference number for each image and then list them in the final page or slide.

Can I post electronic copies of journal articles on Moodle?

Permalinks should be used wherever possible to link to journal articles in an online database. Otherwise, FLEX is our nominated software for distributing readings to students

Last modified: 2024