JISC Legal : Copyright / IPR

A simplified step-by-step guide to Copyright Law for FE and HE.

A simplified step-by-step guide to intellectual property law for UK colleges and universities.

JISC Legal are pleased to host a new resource on the Transfer and Use of Bibliographic Records: Guidance on Legal Issues.  It has been created by Curtis+Cartwright in partnership with Naomi Korn, with funding from JISC.

The legal issues which arise when using e-assessment in UK FE and HE.

An opportunity to refresh your knowledge on using digital materials legally for teaching and learning. 

This Checklist has been specifically created by JISC Legal to assist tutors delivering Web 2.0 technologies.

JISC Legal's support for projects and others in the areas of Institutional Innovation, Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development.

Template to provide FE institutions with details of each blanket copyright licence that they may hold.

Guidance on how to use the Blanket Licence Template for FE.

Template to provide HE institutions with details on each blanket copyright licences that they may hold. 

Guidance on how to use the Blanket Licence Template for HE.

Checklist of relevant questions to be asked in accepting material for use in an e-repository.

Essentials guide for practical legal information on the laws in the UK affecting e-repositories.

Basic introduction to the establishment, development and administration of online repositories in FE and HE.

An examination of intellectual property rights (IPR) in student created work.

An outline of the legal issues of podcasting as an educational tool and practical advice on how institutions can ensure legal compliance.

Legal issues which may affect the development and use of particular ePortfolio systems.

 User-friendly introduction to intellectual property rights (IPR) issues for e-learning content developers and managers.

This paper, written by Andrew Charlesworth and Anna Grant in 2006, provides details on Open Source Licences and discusses ... (cont)

A recording of the JISC Legal Copyright & e-Learning - Webcast available to download. 

This paper summarises the legal issues involved in the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in learning and teaching.

To stream a feature film there are two issues involved, and two possible sets of permission required .... (cont)

Copyright in a work is not infringed by lending by an educational establishment. However you may find that a restriction ... (cont)

 The short answer is that taking photograph of artwork (being a copy of the artwork) is likely to be copyright infringement, unless ... (cont) 

Ownership of copyright is key to the use of works created in universities and colleges, as the owner has control over their reuse.  ... (cont)

We are pleased to announce the launch of JISC Legal Plus - a new staff development service bringing JISC Legal's expertise to your institution at competitive prices...  (cont'd)

The Open Government Licence enables users to do the following with public sector information offered for use expressly under the licence...(cont'd)

The differences between the 2.5 and 3.0 suites of Creative Commons licences are summarised below, using the ‘unported’ (international) version as examples: ... (cont'd)

 It is not possible to relicense other people's copyright-protected work without their permission. Simply ignoring the issue is likely to result ... (cont)

 At the outset, it should be understood that the information available in a website, be it content, images, software, or the information as such is subject ... (cont)

 S.11(2) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act  1988, states that where a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, or a film, is made by an employee ... (cont)

The following may represent potential barriers to the release of open educational resources ... (cont)

Belief that copyright permission has been granted is no defence to infringement of copyright if no valid permission was, in fact, given.

Came into force on 31 December 2009.   

(NLA) v Meltwater - In the particular circumstances of commercial news headlines and their monitoring and copying for commercial gain much of the content will attract copyright protection.

Vince Cable has announced that controversial plans to force ISPs to block websites that host copyright infringing material are to be dumped. 

Recommendations made by the Hargreaves review of intellectual property and growth have been accepted by the Government.

A single European patent looks ever more likely as agreement is reached on the detail of a unitary patent.

A new law that comes into force today (14 June 2011) in England and Wales will make it easier to protect patent and design rights.

The European Commission’s proposals for a unitary European patent have now been published.

The Budget supporting papers have indicated various proposed actions including a new Communications Act and proposals relating to intellectual property.

The unitary EU patent is a step closer with the agreement to proceed with the support of 25 of the 27 EU countries.

A Statutory Instrument has been set out on costs sharing for rights holders and ISPs in implementing the Digital Economy Act. 

The High Court recently decided, in relation to copyright law, that the term ‘making available’ to the public, that the 'making available' happens where the servers send the files, rather than where received.

In an Israeli court case this month, the user of Creative Commons licensed photographs was found to have infringed copyright by creating and selling collages using those images without complying with the CC BY-NC-ND licence's conditions.

The European Commission has announced a consultation on the Commission report on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

This significant case confirms that copyright can subsist in a newspaper headline. It also confirms that a user that pays for a web monitoring service requires a licence from the newspaper or the NLA.

The controversial Digital Economy Act (DEA) is to be reviewed by the High Court and subject to a Parliamentary enquiry

A recent official announcement by David Cameron states UK intellectual property laws are to be reviewed to make them “fit for the internet age”. 

A working party representing 37 EU countries is currently negotiating the Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which intends to tackle online copyright infringements on an international level.

New supplementary guidance from the GMC entitled 'Making and using visual and audio recordings of patients' is now available from their website.  

This toolkit aims to guide information professionals in assessing cloud computing services for information use and storage, including development of a cloud computing strategy.

The University of Glasgow's 'Easy Access IP' and 'Commercial Deals' aim to transfer University-generated IP to the private sector.  For more information, please see: http://www.gla.ac.uk/businessandindustry/technology/.

This presentation 'IPR, Licences, and What Do I Have to Do?' was developed for the OER IPR support project.

This collection of materials written by Web2Rights, provides briefings, guides, templates, models and sources of further information in order to assist open educational resource (OER) projects get to grips with intellectual property issues at the outset.

This project will provide IPR and licensing support for JISC/HEA funded OER Phase 2 projects with particular emphasis on the use of Creative Commons Licences.

A resource from the Higher Education Academy English Subject Centre aimed at those developing courses which suggests that it is necessary to consider copyright clearance from the start.

This website, which is maintained by the Intellectual Property Office provides guidance on intangible assets and how to manage these assets and create value from them - http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ian.htm.

This IP Workbook, from Eversheds LLP solicitors, contains practical examples, questions and scenarios on a range of commercially related topics with an intellectual property (IP) dimension.

Creative Commons licences ("CC licences") permit the copying, reuse, distribution, and in some cases, modification of creative work without having to obtain permission every single time from the rights holder.
The briefing paper referred to below provides JISC-funded projects, as well as content creators and others within higher (HE) and further education (FE) institutions, with information that can be used to make judgements as to when the use of open content licences, particularly Creative Commons licences, may be appropriate - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/briefingpapers/2009/bpcreativecommons.aspx.

The Strategic Content Alliance has produced a useful IPR toolkit covering the IPR background, practical tools, template policy statements, case studies and links to further reading.

JISC Digital Media has produced a guide to font licensing entitled 'Fonts: Basic Guide to Font Licensing.'  This guide provides detailed information on using End User License Agreements and provides details specific to Adobe, Microsoft Office and Apple.

This useful presentation is a recording of Jason Miles-Campbell on RSC TV. 

The Welsh Repository Network has published a learning tool to help you consider some of the copyright issues for multimedia respositories.

WIPO represents 175 member states. The site includes relevant legislation.
http://www.wipo.org/.

The Patent Office changed its name to the Intellectual Property Office in 2007. The site includes useful information on copyright, patents, designs and trade marks.
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/.

The IPR-Helpdesk is the European Commissions reference point for all questions concerning IP Issues. The site includes full text briefing papers and guides e.g. Creating a website ~ copyright issues -  it is available here -
http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org//documents/CreationSiteweb_0000003655_01.xml.html.