JISC Legal : Web 2.0

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.

A simplified step-by-step guide to Copyright Law for FE and HE.

A simplified step-by-step guide to intellectual property law for UK colleges and universities.

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. 

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 12 minute video, created for the JISC Innovation and e-Learning Conference 2010, explores FAQs on the legal aspects of recording lectures. 

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.

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

JISC Legal's Jason Miles-Campbell presented "Five Top Copyright Law Tips for Colleges and Universities" as part of RSC Scotland South & West's RSCtv programme on Tuesday, 9 March 2010..

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

This webcast was designed to assist institutions in meeting their legal duties and inspection needs in relation to safeguarding and e-security.   

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

The law has changed that applies to how institutions must use cookies.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.

The controversial Digital Economy Act (DEA) is to be reviewed by the High Court and subject to a Parliamentary enquiry

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.

A working party representing 37 EU countries is currently negotiating the Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which intends to tackle online copyright infringements on an international level.

This amendment directive requires consent for the placement of cookies on the Internet by tightening existing legislation in this regard, namely the, e-Privacy Directive, 2002/58/EC.

A surprise amendment forced through for controversial clause 17 of the Digital Economy Bill could lead to entire sites being forced offline if it becomes law.

Removing potentially libellous material posted by website users as soon as possible can protect from liability

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

EU approves two agreements on copyright law.

The European Commission is considering introducing a statutory exception to copyright law that would permit libraries to make digital copies of books.

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

The High Court has ruled that a blogger has no reasonable expectation to anonymity due to the public nature of the activity.

European Court of Human Rights maintains a new defamation action can be brought for every access to online defamatory material.

The European Commission has published a draft report called "Conformity assessment systems and schemes for accessibility requirements" .

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

Useful guidance including practical legal tools to assist with Web 2.0 - template licences, model releases, policies and forms can be found on the Web2Rights website.

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has published its report ‘Security and Resilience in Governmental Clouds’ which assesses the operational, legal, and security requirements of cloud computing.

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

In the world of intellectual property, there is no getting away from the fact that clearing rights in audio-visual resources is rarely straightforward. However, there’s a lot of good stuff out there that can be incorporated into OER, without the trials and frustrations of content clearance.

This publication by JISC infoNet, the Association for Learning Technology and the Higher Education Academy explores whether e-Learning is delivering tangible benefits for learners, teachers and institutions.

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.

JISC Techdis, a JISC Advance service, works with the HE and FE sector in the UK in the field of accessibility and inclusion. http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/

The Strategic Content Alliance has produced a useful IPR toolkit covering the IPR background, practical tools, template policy statements, case studies and links to further reading.

Schools and colleges can assess their own level of e-safety using this online tool.

Founded in 2002, the Anti-Bullying Alliance provides information on how to effectively tackle bullying in different environments.

Safeguarding is a crucial and influential part of the college inspection and review process.  This will include the e-safety of learners.

The Internet Watch Foundation, established in 1996, aims to minimise the availability of online criminal content.

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre delivers a multi-agency service dedicated to tackling the exploitation of children.

Becta work mainly with the Government departments within DCSF (Department for Children Schools and Families) and BIS (Business innovation and Skills).  Becta provides guidance for schools and colleges on keeping learners e-safe.

The ICO site offers guidance on data protection and how to keep personal information safe.

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.