The purpose of this Moral Rights and OERs Overview paper is to guide publishers of open educational resources (OERs) on the meaning of moral rights, when and how these impact on the creation of OERs and measures which may be taken in order to avoid infringement of moral rights.

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To purpose of this Moral Rights and OERs Essentials paper is to provide publishers of open educational resources (OERs) with a summary of when and how moral rights impact on the creation of OERs.

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Changes to copyright law could enable access to new knowledge that would otherwise remain undiscovered.

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The Support Centre for Open Resources in Education (SCORE) is inviting applications for the OER Residential Course to be held from 18 to 23 March 2012. The closing date for applications is 2 March 2012.

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

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JISC's online conference Innovating e-Learning 2011 is being held from 22 - 25 November, and as part of the pre-conference activity week JISC Legal have recorded a short webcast entitled Mobile Learning - Identifying and Reducing the Legal Risks at your College.

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Mobile Learning – Identifying and Reducing the Legal Risks at your College.  See now the Mobile Technologies and the Law Webcast (14 March 2012) 

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Raising the awareness and understanding of IP among students is key to achieving an IP savvy graduate workforce.

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A user's consent is required before it is lawful to store and access information on their computer.

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(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.

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

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In this guide, you’ll find summaries of the key legal considerations of using Facebook in an FE and HE context.  

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A free online course, Intellectual Property Rights for Educational Environments (IPR4EE) has been launched aimed at those involved in developing online and/or open learning and teaching resources.

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

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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)

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This is a decision for the institution to make. There have certainly been various news articles highlighting privacy and data protection concerns related to Facebook, and similar issues apply to other external social networking sites ... (cont)

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JISC Digital Media - A JISC Advance Service - Links Recording Lectures Webcast

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One day workshops for those interested in licensed content for teaching and learning

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

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Although there are many benefits to the adoption of an open educational resource approach with regards to teaching and learning ... (cont)

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Universities UK has published a report looking at how institutions can promote freedom of speech on campus, while protecting the welfare of staff, students and the wider community.

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The EU has taken a step towards common rules for cracking down on those who sexually abuse children and post images of the abuse on the internet.

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A group of universities plans to draw together existing free online learning materials from around the world and create degree programmes.

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The Cloud Industry Forum has launched a Code of Practice for cloud service providers.

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The Risk Management Calculator will help gauge the risks associated with publishing open educational materials.

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The European Union and the US have published a website to encourage use of intellectual property rights.

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Identifying changes in the UK's IP system to promote innovation and economic growth.

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 In short where the institution does not own the copyright in materials and where the copyright period has not expired, permission, a licence or ... (cont)

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 There are, in fact, distinct, jurisdiction-specific versions of the CC licences ... (cont)

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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.

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Your views are wanted on remedies for innocent infringement of UK registered designs.

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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.

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ICO has met with representives from the HE sector to discuss the implications of FOI legislation.

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Streamlined processes for resolving lower value and less complex IP disputes have been created.

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These Top Ten Tips were created to celebrate JISC Legal's 10th anniversary, all the while looking forward to the challenges UK FE and HE will face in the next ten years.

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Authoritative statutory guidance published on equal pay, employment, and services, public functions and associations. 

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Updated Copyright Toolkit resource for those involved in the creation of teaching and learning materials.

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Service providers only become liable once told of specific infringing content and fail to act.

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Headlines are too insubstantial to qualify for copyright protection, an Australian court has ruled.

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The benefits of the internet in learning are vast, however a new book by Nicolas Carr suggests there are some negative effects on brain activity also, reports the BBC.

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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.

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The UK IT industry has raised serious concerns over the worrying decrease in numbers of students taking formal ICT qualifications.

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A research programme into intellectual property and its value to the British economy has been unveiled.

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Guidance for public sector organisationsaims to make current equality law more consistent, clearer and easier to follow in order to make society fairer.

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Research community calls for extension to fair dealing provisions under UK copyright law

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Facebook has begun to make changes in order to simplify and improve its privacy practices. 

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The Viacom v Google case highlights the need for institutions to have ‘take down’ procedures in place.

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Revised code of practice relating to disabled students in UK higher education institutions.

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

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