tania rowlett copyright administrator otter project
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Tania RowlettCopyright Administrator
OTTER Project
Before I StartQuestions!
Disclaimer!
I am not a lawyer therefore this is not legal advice
Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) - definitionsCopyright – 'The exclusive right to reproduce in any form
those works defined in s.1 (1) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act (1988)’. These include original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, sound recordings, films, broadcasts.
IPR – ‘an all-embracing term covering copyright, patents,
trade marks’ and other rights.
(Mick Woodley (ed.) Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary (2005) 10th ed. Thomson, Sweet & Maxwell).
Which of these are relevant to the OTTER project?
BOTH
So…how have we dealt with Institutional IPR within OTTER?
University senior management support the move to open education
Enthusiastic and willing departmental contacts
Licence - Creative Commons open licence
‘Partner Agreement’
http://creativecommons.org/ Range of options
Attribution No Derivative Works
Non-commercial Share Alike
What have we used?
What is a Creative Commons Licence?
Common copyright issues we have encountered
Issues encountered
How have we overcome these?
Images Departmental images - ok to useFlickr – Used those with CC licence compatible with oursNational bodies – Most used allow use for non-commercial purposes
Quotes Limited amount and properly referenced
Tables & diagrams
Checked source – acknowledged & referenced
Screen Shots Contact made with Microsoft and Blackboard as use not covered by standard T&Cs
Specific copyright issues we have encountered
Issues encountered
How have we overcome these?
Wikimedia Image in public domain/out of copyright
Video footage Who is in it? Who shot the footage?UoL staff – permission sought
Voice recordings Whose voice? Who wrote the script?UoL staff – permission sought
YouTube links Removed links to infringing material
Are there any general rules of thumb?Yes!DO use:
Creative Commons resources with compatible licenceLimited extracts from your own work & take own photosSources where the licence terms explicitly permit useItems out of copyrightOrganisations providing advice and guidance: JISC - JISClegal, Web2Rights project, JISCdigitalmedia (
http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/stillimages/advice/finding-images-on-flickr/)
Eduserv – Copyright Toolkit (in conjunction with Copy-Right Consultants Limited)
What should we avoid?DON’T use:YouTube resources which include infringing
material Logos without permissionExtensive extracts from your own published
work WITHOUT checking your contractItems with unknown sources/where copyright
cannot be ascertainedDON’T assume if it’s on the web it’s fine to
use – check the T&Cs/copyright notice
In SummaryCopyright shouldn’t hold you back from
making your resources open accessMake sure you reference resources correctly
as you go alongMake sure you check the licence terms of
materials as you go along – keep copies !If you are not sure whether you can use
certain material – contact the rights holder
