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A digitally altered image was deemed ‘sufficiently original’ where it was a product of deliberate choice and manipulation, expressing skill and labour.

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This guidance is intended for staff in independent specialist colleges that provide further education or training for learners with varying learning needs due to disability issues.

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The ICO has updated guidance on how public electronic communications service providers should respond to security breaches.

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Following discussions with the BBC and Channel 4, the ERA Licensing Scheme recently confirmed that changes have been made in order to support access to some BBC and Channel 4 on-line services, for educational purposes.   

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The Law Society has published a practice note that examines the use of LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. 

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FE and HE institutions have an opportunity to contribute their views on copyright licensing in the UK as Richard Hooper issues a call for evidence as part of the independent feasibility study into the development of a Digital Copyright Exchange for the UK (DCE).

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These top tips serve as a quick reminder of the main areas to be addressed and sources of help available when recording lectures.

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 In short this use will be considered as a public performance for entertainment purposes and therefore s.34 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ... (cont)

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In terms of copyright law, screenings by a university or college film club will be considered as showing a work in public and as such will be one of the restricted acts which the copyright owner is able to control under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA).

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This one-day seminar, "The future of copyright in the digital age and what it means for you", will bring attendees up to date on recent developments in UK copyright law.

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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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A consultation has been announced to gather evidence on proposals to widen copyright exceptions including private copying, non-commercial research and library archiving.

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The High Court states that even where private individuals are expressing their own views online the requirements of lawful processing in the DPA can apply.

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New advice and guidance on making and using clinical healthcare recordings funded by the Strategic Content Alliance for learning and teaching launches today.

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Find out what your institution should be doing about its use of cookies in the JISC Legal article entitled "Cookies - Six months Until Enforcement".

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The law has changed that applies to how cookies are used by websites.

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The ICO has launched a campaign to get views about what information public authorities including FE and HE institutions should proactively release.

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A website designed to allow people to help to make the internet more accessible has been launched.

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 The OER IPR Support Team will be holding two JISC / HEA funded half day workshops at the Kimberlin Library, De Montfort University, Leicester.

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 The EU Directive which extends the copyright protection for sound recordings to 70 years has completed its legal process and is now in force.

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The Government today announced the appointment of Richard Hooper, former Deputy Chairman of Ofcom, to lead a feasibility study into the development of a Digital Copyright Exchange for the UK (DCE).

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This guidance is designed to help institutions deal with consent management when sharing personal data across and between institutions and external service providers.

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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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 The workshop takes place at the The Intellectual Property, Internet Media Research Centre at Brunel University and the focus is on the parameters of introducing the Hargreaves proposed exceptions into UK copyright law and the conditions under which they should apply.

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As part of out commitment to expand the ways by which you can keep in touch with JISC Legal, there's now another way to follow us via our new profile on LinkedIn.

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New tools being developed will shield personal data and reveal when sites do not respect privacy requests.

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The OER IPR Support Team will be holding two free half day workshops on Tuesday 6th December  2011 at the Kimberlin Library, De Montfort University, Leicester . 

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PRS and PPL licensing are two independent schemes that represent the interests of different rights holders for the use recorded and live music ... (cont)

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ACAS guide offers practical tips on the impact of social networking on discipline and grievances, bullying, defamation, data protection and privacy.

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It is important to recognise that in any situation where a data controller is using a data processor, the data controller remains responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).

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This resource, by Tony Kent, aims to provide basic copyright information to guide those involved in the restoration and remastering of old sound recordings.

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This JISC Collections briefing paper includes FAQs on what is and is not permitted regarding remote access to resources by staff and students in partner institutions.

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A free patent service has been launched by the Intellectual Property Office.

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Mobile Learning – Identifying and Reducing the Legal Risks at your College.

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The Protection of Freedoms Bill was read for the third time and passed by the House of Commons on 11 October 2011.  The Bill will now be considered by the House of Lords.

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Proposals in the Protection of Freedoms Bill include amending the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to create a new ‘right to data’ so that government-held datasets can be requested and used by the public.

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 This case concerned the distribution and use of Greek satellite decoders in the UK and exclusive territorial licences granted by the FA Premier League (FAPL) of the rights to broadcast Premier League matches.

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In this case Ms Murphy did not break any law by receiving the transmission of the football match via a Greek decoder.

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This article examines the potential impact on HE and FE institutions of the EU Directive that extends the term of protection for performers and sound recordings to 70 years and which came into force on 31 October 2011.

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Changes to the Protection of Freedoms Bill have been published which are designed to increase protection for unpublished research.

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The ICO has produced guidance to aid understanding and application of FOI legislation for higher education institutions with a particular focus on research information.

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New IP guidance to enable businesses to protect their own IP and to respect the IP of others has been launched.

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A new working group has been set up to examine how UK-funded research can be made more accessible.

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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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Cloud computing - two further papers by the Queen Mary University of London, School of Law Cloud Legal Project

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Came into force on 31 December 2009.   

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An EU Directive extending the term of copyright in sound recordings to 70 years was adopted at a meeting of the Council of Ministers on 12th September 2011.

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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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Online defamation cases in England and Wales have more than doubled in the last year.

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