Unit 1: Information, Advice or Guidance – Principles and Practice

Copyright

Copyright ownership gives the owner the exclusive right to use the work, with some exceptions. When a person creates an original work, fixed in a tangible medium, he or she automatically owns copyright to the work.

Many types of works are eligible for copyright protection, for example:

• Audiovisual works, such as TV programmes, films and online videos
• Sound recordings and musical compositions
• Written works, such as lectures, articles, books and musical compositions
• Visual works, such as paintings, posters and advertisements
• Video games and computer software
• Dramatic works, such as plays and musicals

The Government has information online, which you can check if you want to know more.

In some circumstances, it is possible to use a copyright-protected work without infringing the owner’s copyright. For more about this, you may wish to learn about fair dealing.

Some content creators choose to make their work available for reuse with certain requirements. For more about this, you may wish to learn about the Creative Commons licence.