Copyright workshop, Bernie Attwell July 2011

SCORE The Support Centre for Open Resources in Education Copyright Workshop 27 July 2011 Bernadette Attwell

Copyright
No formal registration system
No quality threshold
Owned by the author in first instance
Represents control over ‘restricted acts’

What is Protected by Copyright?
Original Literary Works
Inc. Prose, Poetry, Tables, Compilations, Songs, Computer Programmes, Databases
Original Musical Works
Musical Notation
Original Dramatic Works
Plays, Scripts, Screen Plays, Mime, Choreography
Original Artistic Works
Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Jewellery, Graphics, Architectural Designs, Buildings, Maps, Charts, Carvings, Photographs

What is Protected by Copyright?
Films
Sound Recordings
Broadcasts
Typographical Arrangements
Performances
Databases

Duration
Original Literary, Dramatic, Musical & Artistic Works
Life Of The Author/Owner Plus 70 YEARS
Broadcasts 50 YEARS
Sound Recordings 50 YEARS
Film - Life Of 4 Authors Plus 70 YEARS
Typographical Arrangements 25 YEARS
Performances 50 YEARS
Designs (registered) 25 YEARS
Databases 15 YEARS

Film - Authors
Director
Author of the Screenplay
Author of the Dialogue
Composer of any Original Soundtrack

Restricted Acts
Copying
Issuing Copies To The Public
Performing, Showing Or Playing To The Public
Broadcasting
Adapting
Storing In Any Electronic Medium
Altering/Removing Rights Management data
Overriding Security Systems

Restricted Acts
Rental And Lending
Importing Infringing Copies
Dealing In Infringing Copies
Providing Means For Making Infringing Copies
Provision Of Premises Or Apparatus For Infringing Performances
Authorising Infringement

Permitted Acts
Insubstantial Use
Non-Commercial Research Or Private Study
Fair Dealing For The Purposes Of Criticism Or Review
Fair Dealing For The Purposes Of Reporting Current Events
Bona Fide Examinations
Instruction in film making and sound recording

Permitted Acts
Licensed Recording Of Broadcasts By Educational Establishments
Photocopying Under CLA Licence
Video Recording At Home For 'Time-Shifting' Purposes
Decompilation - With Caution
Redrawing - With Caution

Moral Rights
Paternity Right - the right to be named as author
Integrity Right - the right to object to derogatory treatment

Can I Use It? Is it a work? Is it protected? Do I have a defence to allow free use? Am I performing a Restricted act? CLEAR IT USE IT No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Why choose Creative Commons?
Becoming a standard with open content communities
Displays a mark of commitment
Standardised terms – easily understood
Non-commercial/educational/commercial licence to suit your business model
Based on collaboration and interchange
Moral rights are preserved

Creative Commons
Attribution of authorship
Variation/no variation of content
Commercial/non commercial use
Any further use licensed on same terms
Internationally recognised symbols www.creativecommons.org

IP Licensing issues
Ownership of content created in-house
Moral rights
Licensing third party content
Business models
what is ‘non-commercial’?
Non-commercial/commercial/competitive
Collaboration
Creation and publication of content by users

What is open content?
Copyright or public domain
Open source = software
Open content = text and multimedia
Opencourseware (MIT and others)
Open educational resources
The OU OpenLearn http://oci.open.ac.uk
SCORE

Copyright & Open Content
Copyright retained
Broad licensing of tools and content
Standardised licensing
Community based

Fundamentals of CC
Based on Copyright (does not protect ideas/facts)
Applies to all works (not suitable for software)
Fair Dealing/fair use preserved
Non-exclusive
Non-revocable
Think about what you are licensing

Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/
A range of standard licensing templates
Easily identifiable symbols
Licences expressed in legal, lay and computer languages
Does not challenge copyright. Challenges business models

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