Some background information for a dialogue with Carwyn Edwards on copyright and ICT organized by North Wales Tech and North Wales Creative on 21 April 2021,

1. Copyright Licensing and
ICT
Jane Lambert

2. Copyright Licensing and ICT
● What is a copyright?
● What is a licence?
● The early days of computing
● Unbundling and personal computers
● Free Software Foundation
● GNU Project
● Copyleft
● Lawrence Lessig
● Creative Commons
● Open Government

3. What is copyright?
● Exclusive right to do certain acts
● Arises automatically
● Extends internationally
● Injunctions, damages or account
● Criminal penalties
● Subject to exceptions and licences

4. What is a licence?
● Permission
● Express, implied, free, contractual
● Exclusive, non-exclusive and sole
● Collecting societies
● Copyright Tribunal
● Arts 101 and 102 TFEU
● Competition Act 1998

5. Copyright and Computing
● Bundling of software with hardware
● Antitrust litigation in USA 1969
● Unbundling
● Old definition of freeware
● 1971 IBM invents floppy disc
● 1981 IBM launches PC
● Copyright Act amended 1985
● Free Software Foundation
● GNU Project, Copyleft, CC
● Open Government Licences
Author Parrot of Doom Licence CC BY-SA 3.0

6. Any Questions?
Jane Lambert
4-5 Grays Inn Square
London
WC1R 5AH
020 7404 5252
jane.lambert@nipclaw.com
www.nipcwales.co.uk