JISC Legal : Repositories

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.

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. 

This guidance examines the legal implications of recording lectures at UK FE and HE institutions, focusing mainly on the issues of copyright and consent.

This guidance document examines the Digital Economy Act 2010 and its implications for universities and colleges in the UK.

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

JISC Legal are pleased to host a new resource on the Transfer and Use of Bibliographic Records: Guidance on Legal Issues.  It has been created by Curtis+Cartwright in partnership with Naomi Korn, with funding from JISC.

JISC Legal's support for projects and others in the areas of Institutional Innovation, Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development.

Checklist of relevant questions to be asked in accepting material for use in an e-repository.

Essentials guide for practical legal information on the laws in the UK affecting e-repositories.

Basic introduction to the establishment, development and administration of online repositories in FE and HE.

This overview paper briefly clarifies the current situation with regard to retention of communications traffic data by certain UK organisations.

 The short answer is that taking photograph of artwork (being a copy of the artwork) is likely to be copyright infringement, unless ... (cont) 

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

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)

The Open Government Licence enables users to do the following with public sector information offered for use expressly under the licence...(cont'd)

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)

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

 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)

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

The Creative Commons licence and logo could be embedded on the website and/or within the work.  The practice normally seen is to ... (cont)

A further selection of IPR FAQs are availalable from JISC Inform, Issue 26 - Know Your Rights: Intellectual Property and Technology.  You can ... (cont)

Came into force on 31 December 2009.   

(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.

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

A data controller is able to anonymise originally-personal data to make it free of data protection law constraints.

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.

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.

The High Court recently decided, in relation to copyright law, that the term ‘making available’ to the public, that the 'making available' happens where the servers send the files, rather than where received.

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.

A recent official announcement by David Cameron states UK intellectual property laws are to be reviewed to make them “fit for the internet age”. 

Data protection law needs to provide more clarity on what actually constitutes personal data.

A consultation by the GEO seeks views on proposals for draft regulations on the new public sector equality duty.

The third sector will see copyright exemptions for public playing of sound recordings and music removed from April 2010

Illegal downloading of copyrighted material is being tackled by the UK Government with a new Digital Economy Bill.

The UK Intellectual Property Office has released for consultation detailed legislative proposals designed to implement the adopted parts of the Gowers Review.

The Ministry of Justice seeks views on updating defamation law so it is fit for the modern age.

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.

Information Commissioner publishes top tips on freedom of information for public authority communications professionals.

This collection of materials written by Web2Rights, provides briefings, guides, templates, models and sources of further information in order to assist open educational resource (OER) projects get to grips with intellectual property issues at the outset.

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.

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.

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

This IP Workbook, from Eversheds LLP solicitors, contains practical examples, questions and scenarios on a range of commercially related topics with an intellectual property (IP) dimension.

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

The Welsh Repository Network has published a learning tool to help you consider some of the copyright issues for multimedia respositories.

Generic guidance (widely applicable) together with sections devoted to the effect of the Act on the functions and activities associated with the work of Records Managers and Archivists.