"Are you breaking copyright laws?
Copycat will show you how to make sure you're not."
The Copyright Education Course was developed by Open School BC in conjunction with the Intellectual Property Program within the Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services. The Intellectual Property Program is responsible for proper use and management of intellectual property created or owned by the BC government.
This course is a copyright information awareness program designed specifically for BC government employees. It was created to educate individuals on the proper procedures and protocols relating to copyright law in the workplace.
This 1- to 1.5-hour online training course covers five key themes in detail:
- Copyright goes into the legal definitions of copyright and how the law pertains to you.
- Moral Rights illustrates the meaning of moral rights, and explains how they work.
- Infringement identifies how copyright and moral rights can be infringed and provides some examples of the penalties for infringement.
- Fair Dealing provides instructions on when and how material can be used without infringing copyright.
- Handling Requests covers what to do when you receive a request for material owned by the BC government.
Multimedia Sample: Copycat's Bright Ideas
This multimedia resource challenges your knowledge of copyright infringement in the workplace through an interactive scenario.
  
Click on these images to view examples from the multimedia pieces.
After completing the Copyright Education course, you will be able to:
- Define copyright and explain who owns it, what it protects and for how long.
- Define moral rights and explain: who owns moral rights, what these rights protect and for how long, and how and when those rights can be waived.
- Define infringement and explain: how copyright and moral rights can be infringed, and what the penalties are for that infringement.
- Define fair dealing and explain how and when fair dealing occurs.
- Handle requests for materials where the copyright is owned by the BC government, and identify where to go for more information about copyright and other intellectual property issues if required.
Each section has a self-test quiz that acts as a review to reinforce what you have learned. There are no formal assessments in this course. Once you have finished all five sections, you will receive a Certificate of Completion as proof of completion of the course.
Course Delivery
This course is delivered through Open School BC’s Online Hosting Service, a state-of-the-art learning management system that provides a secure environment for online learning. The Online Hosting Service currently delivers three popular OSBC-designed training courses for BC public sector employees:
These online courses can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, anywhere that an Internet connection is available, allowing individuals to train independently, at their own pace.
The Copyright Education Course contains the following features:
- Modular design makes it easy to start and stop the training to fit your schedule
- Integrated references to the Copyright Act and other relevant information are included
- The entire course is contained within the online Learning Management System
- Interactive self-test quizzes throughout the training
- Pop-up glossary definitions are provided for key terms
- Entertaining, interactive multimedia that explains and illustrates concepts
- Certificate awarded upon completion of training
No registration fee is required for the course; it is being made available free of charge through the Intellectual Property Program Branch of the Ministry of Labour and Citizen's Services. For more information on this course please contact copyrighted@openschool.bc.ca. For more information on our other courses please contact info@openschool.bc.ca or call our customer service representatives at 1-888-883-4766. |
