1. A MELTA & IATEFL BESIG
Workshop
Copyright – What can we do?
moderated by
Helen Strong
&
The BESIG Online Team (BOT)

2. Copyright – What can we do?
Matt Firth: A legal perspective
• Teacher of Legal English at the Universities of St. Gallen and Liechtenstein and at
the Management Centre, Innsbruck
• EFL author
• Secretary of the European Legal English Teachers’ Association

3. Copyright – What can we do?
Key concepts
• acknowledgment
• permission
• print distribution and digital distribution
• fair use
• profit and non-profit making use
• de minimis

4. Copyright – What can we do?
Acknowledgement
Remember to credit your sources
Lyon-Jones, Sue, Copyright, Plagiarism, and Digital Literacy (internet) Available
from <http://www.teachingvillage.org/2012/04/10/copyright-plagiarism-and-digital-
literacy-by-sue-lyon-jones/> Accessed September 2012

5. Copyright – What can we do?
Permission
Extracts from: Sanderson, Paul (2000) Using Newspapers in the Classroom
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press
The importance of using newspapers in the classroom
Should I only use materials from today’s newspapers?
Although it would seem preferable to use the news of the day in newspaper-based
lessons, this is not always practical from the teacher’s point of view ...
... teachers have busy schedules, news can date quickly, and lessons take time to
prepare
NB You must ensure that you have the right to make multiple copies of the material
or seek the necessary permission from the copyright holder

6. Copyright – What can we do?
Fair use
1. The work that results from your use of the copyrighted materials needs to be
transformative, i.e. substantially different from the original, and offer added value
1. The copyrighted work can’t be used in a way that is likely to deprive the original
author of income, or any potential income they might earn from the copyrighted
works
From: Lyon-Jones, Sue Copyright, Plagiarism, and Digital

7. Copyright – What can we do?
De minimis
de minimis |dā ˈminiˈmēs|
adjective
too trivial or minor to merit consideration, esp. in law
ORIGIN from Latin de minimis non curat lex ‘the law is not concerned with trivial
matters.
Oxford Dictionary of English

8. Copyright – What can we do?
Marjorie Rosenberg: An ELT author and teacher’s perspective
• Author of business English materials (CUP, Pearson, Cengage Learning)
• Author of methodology book (Delta Publishing)
• Co-author of text book series for Austrian schools
• Contributor to Business Spotlight, ETP, ELT Mag

9. Copyright – What can we do?
Cleve Miller: A digital publishing perspective
• Over 20 years’ experience in business English and ESP, as a
• teacher
• teacher trainer
• consultant
• school owner
• Founder of English360

10. Copyright – What can we do?
Jeremy Day: An ESP teacher’s perspective
• Series Editor of Cambridge English for ...
• Author of business English and ESP teacher's books, including International
Legal English and Dynamic Presentations.
• Co-author of Success Upper Intermediate (Pearson) & Active Grammar 3
(Cambridge).
• Currently English360 editorial team manager

11. What the IP holders would like
‘no part of this publication may be copied without express permission …’
A common-sense compromise
What the courts will enforce
What some users would like
‘information wants to be free’

12. Copyright – What can we do?
A common-sense approach
• Put yourself in the IP holder’s shoes
• Would they be delighted if they knew what
you were doing? Would they be furious?
• Don’t undermine their income stream
• Don’t sell what’s not yours to sell
• Always acknowledge (links, etc.)
• Don’t support blatant breaches by others
• Remember the bigger picture

13. Copyright – What can we do?
Maja Sirola: A publisher’s perspective
• Editor at Business Spotlight
• EFL and Business English teacher in Croatia and Germany

14. The Business Spotlight range
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15. Business Spotlight International
 New all-English edition launched in April 2012
 Download the first issue free at:
www.business-spotlight.com/events
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16. Spotlight Verlag’s position on copyright
 Don’t breach it!
 Check the law: state education/schools or
commercial institutions
 If we become aware of any breach of copyright, we
reserve the right to take legal action
 We expect teachers to follow the law, but we also
provide them with material
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17. Copyright in all our products
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18. Picture rights
 Do not use any pictures without permission
 Do not use any pictures with watermarks
 Photographers and photo agencies are very strict in chasing
up misuse
 Photo credits are essential as well
as permission to use the pictures
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19. What is allowed
1. State school teachers may photocopy and use in the classroom:
 Up to 12% of a publication (max. 20 pages) may be
photocopied for teaching purposes
 Always include the source:
Business Spotlight, Issue 5/12, pages 12-16, www.business-
spotlight.de
2. Teachers or trainers at commercial language schools or company
courses:
 may also photocopy, but for personal use only and not for
distribution in the classroom.
2. The content cannot be saved digitally and made public via emails
or on websites. No digital distribution is allowed.
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20. Copyright – What can we do?
Murdo MacPhail: A publisher’s perspective
• Murdo has worked for Cornelsen Publishing since 1997 and is currently
responsible for EFL and the romance languages in the adult-education
department.