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Posted on January 27, 2012 14:45
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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Posted on January 12, 2012 13:33
The ICO has updated guidance on how public electronic communications service providers should respond to security breaches.
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Posted on January 10, 2012 13:28
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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Posted on December 22, 2011 12:40
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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Posted on December 14, 2011 15:13
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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Posted on December 09, 2011 16:27
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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Posted on November 24, 2011 14:40
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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Posted on November 08, 2011 09:44
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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Posted on October 13, 2011 16:48
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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Posted on October 13, 2011 11:32
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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Posted on September 30, 2011 12:26
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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Posted on September 27, 2011 10:05
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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Posted on September 27, 2011 09:25
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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Posted on September 16, 2011 16:28
A new working group has been set up to examine how UK-funded research can be made more accessible.
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Posted on September 16, 2011 14:51
Raising the awareness and understanding of IP among students is key to achieving an IP savvy graduate workforce.
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Posted on August 31, 2011 16:27
(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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Posted on August 04, 2011 10:51
Vince Cable has announced that controversial plans to force ISPs to block websites that host copyright infringing material are to be dumped.
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Posted on August 03, 2011 10:25
Recommendations made by the Hargreaves review of intellectual property and growth have been accepted by the Government.
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Posted on July 11, 2011 16:44
HE and FE institutions are being invited to sign-up to a new set of open metadata principles.
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Posted on June 29, 2011 13:00
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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Posted on June 27, 2011 15:49
Two new Creative Commons Compatibility Wizards help users determine licence compatibility when blending CC licensed resources into new OERs.
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Posted on June 21, 2011 13:45
When focusing on the use within OERs of materials derived from public sector information (provided under an Open Government Licence), the crux of the ...
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Posted on June 16, 2011 16:45
A data controller is able to anonymise originally-personal data to make it free of data protection law constraints.
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Posted on June 15, 2011 16:00
A Sheffield Hallam University student faces extradition to the U.S. on charges of copyright infringement.
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Posted on June 15, 2011 15:00
The short answer is that taking photograph of artwork (being a copy of the artwork) is likely to be copyright infringement, unless ... (cont)
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Posted on June 06, 2011 11:30
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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Posted on June 03, 2011 11:31
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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Posted on May 18, 2011 09:41
The Hargreaves copyright law review calls for a loosening and simplification of some aspects of copyright law.
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Posted on May 09, 2011 14:41
The Royal College of Art has launched two major new online resources that will be useful to educational professionals. The collections of digitised images will make significant works of art freely available for the first time.
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Posted on May 06, 2011 12:55
The Open Government Licence enables users to do the following with public sector information offered for use expressly under the licence...(cont'd)
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Posted on April 26, 2011 09:43
A dedicated 'one stop shop' has been produced, telling the public about their FOI rights, and a step by step guide on how to use them.
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Posted on April 20, 2011 12:06
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)
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Posted on April 12, 2011 11:52
The Equality Act 2010 places an obligation on educational service providers not to discriminate against students in the provision of its services ... (cont)
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Posted on April 07, 2011 13:54
A new e-learning module from the Strategic Content Alliance is now available, dealing with intellectual property rights in universities, colleges and other public bodies.
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Posted on March 30, 2011 14:46
Jason Miles-Campbell, our Service Manager, provides an informative video about licensing for educational resources, including what licences are available, and considerations in making the choice. 
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Posted on March 29, 2011 11:30
It is not possible to relicense other people's copyright-protected work without their permission. Simply ignoring the issue is likely to result ... (cont)
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Posted on March 29, 2011 10:15
This paper is written in the context of the JISC and Higher Education Academy Open Educational Resources Programme (Phase 2), and aims to address some of the background issues regarding management of intellectual property rights (IPR) in UK universities.
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Posted on March 15, 2011 12:28
We have issued two new guidance papers on OERs: Strategic Managment of IPR for OER in UK HE and Legal Aspects of the Use of Child Images in OERs.
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Posted on March 15, 2011 10:56
This paper considers the legal issues which arise in relation to the taking of or possession of images (still and moving) of children for use in an Open Education Resource.
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Posted on March 10, 2011 10:12
Results of the competition to improve the way universities and colleges conduct research and manage their intellectual property rights have been announced.
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Posted on March 02, 2011 10:21
One day workshops for those interested in licensed content for teaching and learning
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Posted on February 20, 2011 21:47
The following may represent potential barriers to the release of open educational resources ... (cont)
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Posted on February 20, 2011 21:41
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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Posted on February 16, 2011 12:13
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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Posted on February 11, 2011 14:37
This bill seeks to amend current defamation legislation and is progressing through Parliament. The main focus of the bill is to make sure that defamation legislation is fit for modern times.
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Posted on February 10, 2011 16:52
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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Posted on February 10, 2011 11:07
This seminar includes debate on the law and ethical research in the digital environment.
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Posted on January 26, 2011 14:13
The Cloud Industry Forum has launched a Code of Practice for cloud service providers.
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Posted on January 25, 2011 14:27
Experts from JISC Legal and JISC Digital Media combined to produce this popular seminar exploring the copyright implications of the use of digital media, held in London on 9 March 2011.
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Posted on January 25, 2011 09:19
The Risk Management Calculator will help gauge the risks associated with publishing open educational materials.
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