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

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

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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...

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

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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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The Intellectual Property Office is looking for input on the new small patent claims procedures proposals, which have been designed to simplify and speed up the process.

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New guidance for colleges and universities has been produced to help maximise the return on investment in knowledge transfer activities.

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The EU Commission will clarify how ISPs and website hosts should deal with removing and blocking access to illegal content.

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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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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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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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The blog post at http://inforrm.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/law-and-media-tweets-and-tweeters-updated-105-people-to-follow-judith-townend/ gives a u...

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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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This site contains music and entertainment industry related updates from 2002 to the present day, categorised and tagged to make it easy to find articles on particular topics.

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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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The Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC) Umbrella licence (available at http://www.mplcuk.com/ is not required when showing DVDs or pre-recorded films for educational purposes, for the following reasons:

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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 Department for Business, Innovation & Skills today published its Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth which includes a number of actions and initiatives which will be of interest to universities.

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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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 Data protection and other legal issues remain the same for a college or university when hosting, offering or using blogs, wikis, and any other ... (cont)

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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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Take a few minutes out to test your knowledge of the law relating to the use of the internet and social media with this online quiz.

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The Government recently confirmed that a new small claims service to be introduced at the Patents County Court (PCC) will place a limit on fixed costs and permit damages of up to £5000 to be awarded per case.

 

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

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

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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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(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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One of the legal rights a copyright holder has is the right to control the renting or lending of a work to the public. Copyright in a work is not infr...

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 Amazon encourage multiple purchase of their Kindles for use in education, however at present this does not extend to multiple use of digital con...

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This is a practical guide to the terms and conditions commonly found in cloud computing service provision contracts and agreements.

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In this guide you’ll find information on the legal issues related to cloud computing as relevant to staff, learners and other authorised users.

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In this guide you’ll find information about the various legal issues related to cloud computing, particularly those of relevance to senior managers in FE and HE.

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In this guide you will find information on cloud computing and the law as relevant to IT directors. 

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