Colleges and universities considering supporting staff and students’ use of their own mobile devices to facilitate teaching and learning will be interested in the results of a recent survey which indicates growth in companies adopting the BYOD model.

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A maths teacher infringed copyright in answers, by providing links on his website to illegally uploaded pdf copies.

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The ICO has updated guidance on what HE institutions should publish in order to meet their FOI commitments.

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Redigi, the controversial on-line marketplace that allows users to store, stream, buy and sell legally purchased pre-owned digital music, is preparing to launch in Europe.

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Financial penalties may be high for any organisation that fails to ensure that all current employees, contractors and students act within the terms of any licence held.

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This guidance focuses on the intellectual property rights associated with 3D digitisation and is relevant for staff in colleges, universities and related organisations involved in 3D digitisation projects.

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By virtue of section 654 of the Companies Act 1985 or Section 1012 of the Companies Act 2006, depending on when the company was dissolved, all its property and rights in England and Wales (but not its liabilities) pass to the Crown as bona vacantia. 

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A recent US case has decided that copyright was infringed where photographs posted to Twitter were copied and sold by a third person (without permission).

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This guidance is intended to assist 3D digitisation projects with intellectual property rights issues, including copyright, design rights, moral rights, trade marks and patents.

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A recently published report by the Equality Challenge Unit presents examples of effective ways to approach digitisation and reformatting by colleges and universities.

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The one-day seminar will bring attendees up to date on recent developments in UK copyright law, explaining the implications for all who use information resources in their day to day work, and what they need to tell colleagues.

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The one-day seminar will bring attendees up to date on recent developments in UK copyright law, explaining the implications for all who use information resources in their day to day work, and what they need to tell colleagues.

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The Copyright Masterclass will provide in-depth training about the copyright legislation, relevant case law, other related rights and detailed discussion about some key topical issues

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The training course provides an introduction to the principles of copyright law and practice within the context of the work of library and information professionals.

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The BUFVC's one-day course on copyright is essential for those needing to copy, use and provide access to existing third party content in their work, delivered by expert practitioners in the field.

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An IPO consultation is looking for stakeholders’ views on how to implement Directive 2011/77/EU requiring the term of copyright in sound recordings and performers’ rights in sound recordings to increase from 50 to 70 years.

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Making digital copies of music, films and other copyrighted material for personal use is to be made legal for the first time under government plans.

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Instagram, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook, has denied that changes to its terms of service and privacy policy give it the right to sell users’ photographs to advertisers without notification.

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A new patent regime will provide the option for patenting across Europe as well as a new unified patent court.

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The Intellectual Property Office has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Patents Act 1977.

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Digital images, just like yours, can be copied from Facebook, Twitter or Flickr and used anywhere on the internet without your knowledge.

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An East Sussex college has been ordered to pay £23,000 for infringement of copyright in relation to making copyright materials available on its website.

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Book covers are likely to be copyright-protected works in themselves, and also often contain third party ‘artistic works’.  Copying these digital images and making them available to the public  without permission will be an infringement.

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This guidance from JISC Legal focuses on copyright and other key legal considerations in using image sharing social networks in colleges and universities.

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This guidance is intended for staff in colleges and universities considering using image sharing social networks such as Pinterest in teaching and learning.

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The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) has launched a new mobile app which makes it possible for copyright users to scan the ISN of a book or magazine to find out whether they can legally copy it under the terms of their CLA licence.

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Extending collective licensing, liberalising the use of orphan works and allowing copyright exceptions to be added or removed run the risk of disadvantaging rights holders and leading to confusion and litigation it is alleged.

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This guidance from JISC Legal considers the legal issues likely to arise from the use of mobile devices by colleges and universities.

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This paper considers the legal issues likely to arise from the use of mobile devices by colleges and universities. It is relevant for staff with responsibility for planning and managing the introduction and use of mobile technologies in their institution and for lecturers, researchers and support staff using or supporting the use of mobile technologies.

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While a company can own the copyright in a work (and will do so in relation to copyright works created by employees in the absence of agreement to the contrary), the duration of copyright is still linked to the original author.

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The High Court has ruled that businesses do not have a general claim of ownership over the content of staff emails.

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The CLA has launched a new Code of Conduct which details how the agency will deal with its licence holders and other copyright users.

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Many consider that it’s good practice to obtain permission and judge that it’s better to be safe than sorry.  Most rights owners are likely to agree to usage which will promote their products.  

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JISC Legal will present at JISC RSC YH's e-Assessment Online Conference on Wednesday, 5 December 2012.

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The Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy, run by a consortium of seven UK universities, will examine a range of issues relating to new digital technologies with a view to meeting some of the central challenges facing the UK’s creative economy.

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A recent report provides insight into students’ awareness of IPR and their attitudes to IPR teaching in UK institutions.

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Following on from our news story on the 8 October 2012, we can now confirm that the Directive has entered the Official Journal of the EU.

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The simplest way of addressing this is to remind users that it is the institution's responsibility to comply with the JANET Acceptable Use Policy ... (cont)

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In order to meet the duty of care owed to learners, a college will have to show it has taken adequate precautions to prevent reasonably foreseeable loss or harm occurring. 

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The Universities UK/GuildHE Copyright Working Group has published guidance on what the CLA HE Licence permits in respect of the provision of copyright material to non-UK students overseas.

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The purpose of this communication is to dispel a recent misconception about what the current HE Copyright Licence permits in respect of the provision of copyright material to non-UK students overseas.

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A former Sky employee who passed on customers’ information from its databases to third parties has been found liable for infringement of the company’s database rights.

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The general rule of UK defamation law is that the publisher of a defamation faces liability and this applies to FE and HE institutions as publishers in the same way as to any other publisher.  

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As part of the Welsh Repository Network (WRN) project an interactive quiz regarding, copyright implications with multimedia deposits, was created for a repository staff training session. 

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Digitisation and online access to orphan works without risk of copyright infringement is approved for educational establishments where a diligent search is carried out.

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The 12th annual ebooks conference features Miranda McKearney, James Clay, Bill Boyd, Jill Taylor-Roe and Stephen Edwards in a cross sectoral exploration of the latest developments.

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YouTube is changing how it handles alleged copyright infringing content so as to protect the rights of both content owners and users.

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The EU Commission’s recent communication on cloud computing outlines the actions needed to encourage the use of cloud computing.

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Informal hearings without legal representation are now available for IP disputes where costs do not exceed £5000.

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The ICO has published a new cloud computing guide that highlights the data protection risks that cloud computing presents as well as suggesting approaches that will assist with compliance.

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