To encourage creativity by rewarding creators for allowing society to benefit from their creations.
What is Copyright? A property right
A bundle of rights, giving the holder the right to control
R eproduction
Creation of d erivative works
D istribution of copies
P ublic performances
P ublic display
L iterary, dramatic, musical or artistic works
S ound recordings, films and broadcasts
T ypographical arrangement of published editions
What does it protect? But only the expression of an idea, not the idea itself. What’s its purpose?
Copyright Creation and Control
All work belongs to someone.
Creator, artist, composer, writer, author, or their employer
Copyright
i s created automatically.
for literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works lasts for 70 years after the death of the author
f or film, sound recordings, broadcasts and typographical layout see http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=5633
Problems for users and creators
To copy, distribute or perform a work you need explicit, written permission (a licence) from the copyright holder.
Do you know who owns copyright?
Does the copyright holder know he/she/it holds copyright?
Who within in a corporate body is authorised to issue licences?
Requesting and issuing licences is time consuming and expensive - lawyers fees!
Many publications contain no information about permission to copy but depend on widespread circulation to make an impact.
Legal uncertainty
Exceptions
Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988 has > 50 ‘permitted acts’
These are n arrowly defined
Not possible to issue rules that will apply in all circumstances
C opyright compliance as a process
I dentify risk
Minimise risk
Fair Dealing & Quotation
The exceptions are quite limited and specific:
non-commercial research
private study
news reporting
criticism or review
Test your knowledge
I used my Athens login to find a journal article on SSKS. Do I need permission to put this article in my VLE?
NO!
The article has a great diagram. Can I copy it into my training manual without permission?
NO!
Can I reproduce some of the text in a learning object?
Yes, but…
I’m preparing a PowerPoint presentation and I would like to include a photo of the Forth Bridge that I found on the internet. Is that OK?
Maybe
I think a few bars of Tina Turner singing ‘Simply the best’ would be a perfect way to end a staff development video I’m creating. Do I need someone’s permission?
Definitely!
I would like to include an article and photo from a newspaper. Do I need to ask?
Yes!
Towards a Process 5 steps to creating and sharing digital content 1 2 3 4 5
Identify
Select content to be used ‘as is’ or adapted.
Rights
Who owns these materials?
Do you have permission to copy or adapt?
Authorisation
Ensure you own organisation and any third parties have given consent for the proposed use.
Licence
Define theterms & conditions under which others may use of the work.
Share
Digitise and select appropriate distribution channels.
Obtaining Permission
Otherwise contact rights holder and include as much information as possible
Purpose
non-commercial, educational use
will be used by xxx for yyyy
Distribution
within council / to other organisations / public / worldwide
Time
as long as possible, preferably perpetual
Check the document for a statement regarding reproduction:
First published 2005 by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
All rights reserved. Reproduction of this report by photocopying or electronic means for noncommercial purposes is permitted .
Sample request for permission SUBJ: Request for permission to use copyright material I believe that your organisation holds the copyright for the undernoted reports. I would like to request your permission to add these report(s) to the Learning Exchange, a digital repository of materials relevant to social services education, training and practice which is managed by the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services, a non profit registered charity. We are seeking a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual world-wide licence to incorporate the Materials into the Learning Exchange. Access to the Learning Exchange is freely available on the web www.iriss.ac.uk/openlx (more information at www.iriss.ac.uk/learnx ). Material held in the Learning Exchange may be used only for non-commercial, educational purposes. You shall at any time be entitled to request that the Institute removes these materials from the Learning Exchange. I would be grateful if you could confirm that your organisation is the rights holder and that you are authorised to grant the permission sought. If your organization is not the copyright holder perhaps you could refer me to copyright holder.
E xclusive / non-exclusive An exclusive licence means only the licensee may use the work. Non-exclusive means the licensor may licence the work to many licensees. Royalty-free There is no recurring charge for the use of the materials. Perpetual There is no time limit attached to the licence. Some licenses may expire after after a specified time. W orld-wide territorial rights Some licences may exclude, say, USA and Canada. This is not much use for web based content, which has a global audience. Non-commercial use The work may not be used primarily for commercial advantage or payment. Educational use Reinforces the non-commercial condition.
Creative Commons
Off-the-shelf licences that you can attach to your work.
Copyright remains with the owner, but
Specifies what others are allowed to do without asking permission.
CC licences are free to use.
Except for third party materials and otherwise stated, content on this site is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence Video http://creativecommons.org/videos/creativecommons-and-commerce Example. From Open University OpenLearn
Benefits of Creative Commons
Frees rights holders and licensees from troublesome bi-lateral licence negotiations.
You won't get troublesome phone calls, letters or 16-page licence agreements requesting permission to use your work.
You won't have to spend time contacting copyright holders.
You won't have to speak to a lawyer every time you want to copy something.
You can be sure you stay legal.
The Six Scottish Licences
Attribution (by)
copy, distribute, display, perform the work and make derivative works
must give the original author credit.
Attribution-Noncommercial (by-nc)
As above but non commercial uses allowed.
Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works (by-nc-nd)
As above but no commercial uses or derivative works allowed.
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (by-nc-sa)
If you alter, transform, or build upon the work, the resulting work may be distributed only under a identical licence.
Attribution-No Derivative Works (by-nd)
As Attribution but no derivatives allowed.
Attribution-Share Alike (by-sa)
As Attribution but derivatives may be distributed only under an identical licence.
Click-use is the term used to describe online licences for the re-use of:
Crown copyright information
Public Sector Information
Parliamentary copyright information
Three Click-Use Licences
PSI Licence - covers core Crown copyright information and Public Sector Information.
Valued Added Licence
Parliamentary Licence
The PSI licence allows you copy or publish material in any medium without formal permission or paying a fee.
Audio and visual materials
Restrictions on the use a/v.
Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL)
Performance rights in sound recordings
Performing Rights Society (PRS)
Performance rights in music and lyrics
Still and moving images
Model releases
Data protection (image of a person is ‘personal data’)
Derogatory treatment (use of photo out of context)
RISK Management
The Hebrew University in Jerusalem was awarded £44,000 as compensation for a breach of its intellectual property rights.
The University is the heir and owner of all rights pertaining to Albert Einstein's estate, including the rights to use his image.
A company continued to use a picture of Einstein in an advertising campaign, without permission, and has now been ordered to compensate the rights owner .
If you use content without permission you could be sued. Is your use likely to damage the owner’s commercial interests? Is the owner likely to be ‘pleased or indifferent’ ?
The Contractor warrants that he/she is the “author” (as defined in Section 9 of the 1988 Act) of the Materials.
The Contractor warrants that the Materials do not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party.
The Contractor must fully acknowledge all sources consulted and all material reproduced in the Materials and provide IRISS with a full bibliographic citation and URL for all such sources.
Fees
Commissioner will pay the Contractor the rate of £[ ] (for a maximum of [ ] days..
Title to rights
In consideration of the fees to be paid by the Commissioner to the Contractor … the Contractor hereby ASSIGNS to the Commissioner its whole right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual Property Rights in the Materials conceived or made by the Contractor for the Commissioner. Wherever requested to do so, the Contractor will at his/her own expense sign any and all applications, assignments or other instruments which IRISS deems necessary to give effect hereto.
When you ask or commission another person or organisation to create a copyright work for you, the first legal owner of copyright is the person or organisation that created the work and not you the commissioner , unless you otherwise agree it in writing. Intellectual Property Office http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/copy/c-ownership/c-commissioned.htm sample contract terms
Creating Content
Rapid content creation
podcasts
vox pop
Ensuring you have rights to re-use and publish
Model release
Model Release
Model Release Form
The work involves the taking of still photographic images for the purposes of marketing and promoting the educational work of the Institute.
The Model agrees that the Institute shall own and be entitled to use the resulting images on the following terms and conditions.
This document is an agreement between the Model and the Institute to use images of the Model gathered from the above photographic shoot, for the production and promotion of the above specified project (in all forms and combinations of media) without restrictions on time limits or territories.
Copyright of the photographs will be retained by the Institute. Material generated at this photographic shoot may be freely used, reproduced and distributed by the Institute at its own discretion on such terms as it thinks fit.
The Model hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives their moral rights pursuant to Sections 77, 80, 84 and 85 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 together with any performer’s rights arising under Part II of said Act and the Model further waives any other moral or performer’s rights provided for under the laws in force or in future in force in any part of the world.
The Institute does not guarantee that any of these photographs will be used and reserves the right to exclude a ‘performance’ entirely from the finished product.
The Model hereby acknowledges and agrees that they do not own copyright in any of the photographs..
This is an agreement between IRISS and you, the Interviewee.
I agree that ISISS may make a video recording of me talking about <SUBJECT>.
The purpose of the video is to record what people think about the <SUBJECT>.
After the conference IRISS will make a short three to five minute video from all the interviews recorded and put the video on the Internet.
Not all of the video that IRISS records will be used. Some, or all, of my interview might not be included. This is called editing.
People will be able to see the short video on the open Internet from anywhere in the world and it will be accessible from the IRISS website.
People will be able to download the video to help them with their jobs and with learning (that is, the video may be used for educational purposes). It will also be used by people who were not able to come to the event so that they can find out more about what was talked about. No one will be allowed to make any money from the video (that is, it will be used only for non-commercial purposes).
I agree that IRISS will own the video recording of me talking about the conference and that IRISS may put the video on the open internet for other people to use for educational, non-commercial purposes.
Sharing Content
Standards
Interoperability
VLEs
Brightwave
Moodle
Sharing - social media
Social media
flickr
Vimeo
RSS to keep your clients up-to-date
Sharing – blogs, wikis, forums
Quality Assurance
Use a spell-checker.
Delete postings only in exceptional circumstances.
Defamatory comments and spam will be deleted.
The blog should be widely accessible, functional and interoperable.
Moderation of group or corporate blogs can be useful to minimise risk and ensure consistency.
Managers should decide if and to what degree moderation might be necessary, remembering that the goal of moderation is "guide and nurture" not "command and control."
Remember that good practice in the electronic communication is, in principle, no different to good practice in other forms of communication such as writing letters or emails or representing the company at meetings and conferences
And copyright law applies to blogs!
Always attribute
Don’t include images, audio or video without permission
Blogging policy Contributing to online communities by blogging, wiki posting, participating in forums, etc., is a good and informal way of engaging with clients, partners and suppliers that also allows employees to express their own personality. You are encouraged to tell the world about your work, without asking permission first, but as this form of spontaneous communication does carry some risks, you should read and follow this advice.
Review the Process 5 steps to creating and sharing digital content 1 2 3 4 5
Identify
Select content to be used ‘as is’ or adapted.
Rights
Who owns these materials?
Do you have permission to copy or adapt?
Authorisation
Ensure you own organisation and any third parties have given consent for the proposed use.
Licence
Define theterms & conditions under which others may use of the work.
Share
Digitise and select appropriate distribution channels.
Advanced – how to embed creative commons licences in metadata:
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/UsingMarkup
Videos
http://support.creativecommons.org/videos#wwt
J o nathan Mitchell QC talking about the Scottish Creative Commons Licence:
http://www.iriss.ac.uk/node/305
Links Copyright summary Intellectual Property Office http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/copy.htm Out-Law.com. Copyright law: the basics http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=5633 Keeping up to date on copyright RSS feed from Out-Law.com http://www.out-law.com/feeds/out-law_copyright.aspx Crown Copyright Click-use licence http://www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/index.htm Blogging policies Out-Law www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=7839 Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/communities/guidelines.jsp IBM http://www.snellspace.com/IBM_Blogging_Policy_and_Guidelines.pdf UK Web focus http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/blog-policies/ Bloggin4business www.blogging4business.info/B4B/1211 Books Copyright compliance. Practical steps to stay within the law. Paul Pedley. ISBN: 978-1-85604-640-4 Facet Publishing, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/bq6alo Digital Copyright, Second Edition. Paul Pedley. ISBN: 978-1-85604-608-4. Facet Publishing, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/dy4lxr Managing digital rights, Paul Pedley. ISBN: 978-1-85604-544-5, Facet Publishing, 2005. http://tinyurl.com/dzoudx
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