Copyright designs and patents act new 13 12-11

Understand the provisions of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
Understand the need for and use of License agreements

Understand the provisions of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1998
Understand the need for and use of License agreements
ALL WILL Remember the definition of copyright and the different types of licensing MOST SHOULD Identify what is covered under the CDPA and other types of licenses SOME COULD Discuss problems with the CDPA and software licensing EVIDENCE Q&A EVIDENCE Notes EVIDENCE Discussion Objectives: Outcomes:

Copyright Law
Software and copyright
Licensing
Software Piracy
Copyright and the Internet

Copyright gives certain legal protection to authors of materials
Originally intended for books, sheet music, photographs etc.
In the U.K. it is covered by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
This is the U.K. form of the Intellectual Property Rights (IRP) legislation which exist in most countries

The legislation exists to both
Ensure people are rewarded for the endeavours
Give protection to the copyright holder if there is an infringement

Musical works - of all kinds
Interesting development in the last few years:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14882146
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15333892
Dramatic works - not only plays but adverts etc.
Artistic works – photograph, sculpture, including crafts e.g. jewellery
Sound recordings - discs, tapes, CDs, mp3’s etc.
Film recordings - on all media
Broadcasts - both audio and video
Cable broadcasts - e.g. cable TV programmes
Typographical arrangements - e.g. e-books, web pages (of text) etc.

Literary works - includes books, poetry, computer programs
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/3

What do you think are the problems with this act?
Multimedia not specifically covered
Computer graphics cause particular problems
‘ Look and feel’ - difficult to prove that software is a copy
‘ Reverse engineering’ - write a computer program so that it looks the same but uses different code

Copying of pictures, sound files, music is rife esp. With P2P networks
Many believe, mistakenly, that internet is copyright free.
Only large companies have resources to pursue claims e.g. Getty
http://goo.gl/Ffr5K http://goo.gl/Rzybl

The infrastructure we provide consists of a set of copyright licenses and tools that create a balance inside the traditional “all rights reserved” setting that copyright law creates.
Our tools give everyone from individual creators to large companies and institutions a simple, standardized way to keep their copyright while allowing certain uses of their work — a “some rights reserved” approach to copyright
This makes their creative, educational, and scientific content instantly more compatible with the full potential of the internet

A software licensing agreement is a legal contract between the software producer and the user that sets out how the piece of software may be used.
When software is bought you do not own it, you only have a license to use it.
NEVER say in an answer that you are not allowed to copy software – this is not true (you can copy it to back it up or to give it someone else if the license covers this)

Single-user licence
Allows a copy of the software to be installed on one machine
Might specify ‘one copy may be in use at one time’ – install on two machines
Multi-user licence
Allows an organisation to install the software package on an agreed number of machines
Costs less as several single-user licences

Site Licence
Allows the user to purchase a single copy of the software with permission to install it on all the computers at a single location.
Common in education sector
Licence by use
Allows the software to be installed on a large number of stand alone computers.
However, only an agreed number of users are allowed to run the software at any given time.

Network Licence
One copy of the software stored on the file server
An agreed number of users e.g. 10
Software accessible to all computers e.g. 100
However, when the 11 th person tries to use the software, access will be denied

Multi user licence - can be used by a set number of people
Site licence - can be used on all computers on one site e.g. a school
Academic licence - for students and teachers, usually single user
Education licence - for schools, colleges; cheap, multi user

Shareware - have to pay for updates, support, sometime time limited
Freeware - no cost at all
Charity ware - donation to charity encouraged
Post card ware - send a postcard to the author
Free software movement - encourages freeware authors

Essentially the copying of software without an appropriate licence
Multi £ billion business esp. in Far East e.g. all major graphics programs - normal cost ~£6, 000 - pirate copy £5
In UK and USA video games (on CD) very popular
CD-R and Internet (P2P networks) has made this process very easy

At basic level
Serial no.
legal protection (copyright act)
More advanced
Dongles
Electronic copy protection - code scrambler
Regionalisation e.g DVD
http://www.ehow.com/about_5403872_problems-copyright-internet.html

Systems do not work
Copyright act - legal mine field
Serial No . - web site specialise in publishing serial No.s for popular software
Dongles - reverse engineering of device
Electronic methods - broken within hours of publication
Regionalisation - code breakers widely available

Software piracy will remain major problem
Internet (peer-to-peer networks) and CD-R increase the problem
Piracy keeps software prices high
Encourages more piracy - catch 22

UK Legislation website about Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/contents
The UK Copyright Service - Intellectual property registration centre
http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/
Information about copyright designs and Patents Act 1988
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/copy/c-applies/c-literary.htm

Copyright designs and patents act new 13 12-11

by mrmwood on Dec 13, 2011

Accessibility

Categories

Tags

Upload Details

Usage Rights

2 Embeds 486

Statistics

Copyright designs and patents act new 13 12-11 — Presentation Transcript

http://mwoo.co.uk	485
http://www.dubaibritishschool.ae	1