This will be my last post for this subject, as I believe I am now finishing the last assessment (although I will need to check). I have actually enjoyed this subject, the one I was least looking forward to. Legal stuff can be so dry. I found the intricacies and complexities interesting however and it was fun relating questions to a reading text. It was good in assessment 6, to return to copyright again, as it was like a review of previous learning. copyright is especially relevant to my work. We have been discussing whether to change the notice in Fine Print regarding the  copyright of articles contained, and I think we will. I would like to add that the copyright belongs to the authors and articles can not be reprinted/reproduced without the author's permission. At the moment no mention is made of the author. As we are an education journal, the fair dealing clause would come into play.
Jacinta

Febuary 8 2012
Back again. I am keen to get this finished believe it or not. Will start with Norma Khouri's book and the issues it raises for the industry. I am finding all this industry information useful and am noticing news items to do with copyright and other regulations more than I used too, probably because I now have some prior knowledge. New medias and smart phone technologies are really testing the industry. I'd say the legal system is a step or two behind technological advancement. It is a case of technology providing the tests and the legal system playing catch up.

October 26

I was reminded recently with a letter from the TAFE how much time has elapsed since I attended to my course work. Oops. Since coming home from a trip to Europe I have been busy editing the next journal and catching up with family, and writing articles about chickens.


Anyway I have written one research report and found it really interesting. As I could relate it to current issues it was great and helped me to understand the details around these issues - such as the Andrew Bolt case and the British phone hacking case. I'm looking forward to writing the next one now. With work and a wedding coming up I plan to have this unit finished by the end of the year. If it's finished earlier that would be a bonus. I do find industry law an interesting and relevant area, and think I learn better by this research and write style of learning

August 17

It has taken me some time to start this unit but I am looking forward to it all the same. My knowledge of laws and regulations within the writing and publishing industry is quite limited and I'm hoping to improve that. My problem is I don't retain things so I was pleased to read that one aim of the unit is to teach us how to find information rather than to make us learn it by rote. A much more useful skill! If I can apply new knowledge to my existing work then I will be very pleased. I like the way this course is giving me opportunity to fiddle with new technologies (for me anyway) and to be a bit more creative than Word allows. Next time i will take a picture of the garden outside my home office. It is quite lovely, even on this dreary day.