Tony Millett who is LIANZA's resident expert on Copyright advises :
"Section 47(2) of the Copyright Act 1994 (as amended) permits a sound recording, film, or communication work to be played or shown for the purposes of instruction to "persons who are students or staff members at an educational establishment or are directly connected with the activities of the establishment" without infringing copyright. However, the copying of a film is not permitted without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
It is certainly not true that "anything on the Internet is fair game". There is copyright in most types of material on the Internet, unless the author or copyright owner has waived copyright, specifically granted permission, or made the work available via a Creative Commons licence which permits copying or downloading, or unless the work is out of copyright.
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