Consider your content

Things to be mindful of the new copyright law http://www.beehive.govt.nz
We as educators must ensure that the copyright act is not breached. Therefore consider the use of:

• Copyright music especially when added to photostory3 movies. Why do you need this music playing in the background? Aren't children's voices or the creation of their own music (through the likes of GarageBand) acceptable? The consequences of adding and uploading such content could be major not only for your centre but also to your managing body. Copyright free music is available on the net - just google "copyright free music".
  
• Youtube movies -Youtube provides you with HTML codes which you can embed into your blogs. This is fine however you cannot download these movies onto your computer. I know of centres who do this and then upload the movies onto their blog in order to remove the Youtube link therefore making the site more child safe. However this is prohibited and breaches the copyright law.

For further reading on the new copyright law go to www.netguide and this article - "Creative industries back copy right law".