SCOREThe Support Centre for Open Resources in EducationCopyright Workshop
25 January 2011
Bernadette Attwell
Copyright• No formal registration system• No quality threshold• Owned by the author in first instance• Represents control over ‘restricted acts’
What is Protected by Copyright?• Original Literary Works
– Inc. Prose, Poetry, Tables, Compilations, Songs, Computer Programmes, Databases
• Original Musical Works– Musical Notation
• Original Dramatic Works– Plays, Scripts, Screen Plays, Mime, Choreography
• Original Artistic Works– Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Jewellery, Graphics, Architectural
Designs, Buildings, Maps, Charts, Carvings, Photographs
What is Protected by Copyright?• Films• Sound Recordings• Broadcasts• Typographical Arrangements• Performances• Databases
Duration• Original Literary, Dramatic, Musical & Artistic Works
– Life Of The Author/Owner Plus 70 YEARS• Broadcasts 50 YEARS• Sound Recordings 50 YEARS• Film - Life Of 4 Authors Plus 70 YEARS• Typographical Arrangements 25 YEARS• Performances 50 YEARS• Designs (registered) 25 YEARS• Databases 15 YEARS
Film - Authors• Director• Author of the Screenplay• Author of the Dialogue• Composer of any Original Soundtrack
Restricted Acts• Copying• Issuing Copies To The Public• Performing, Showing Or Playing To The Public• Broadcasting• Adapting• Storing In Any Electronic Medium• Altering/Removing Rights Management data
• Overriding Security Systems
Restricted Acts• Rental And Lending• Importing Infringing Copies• Dealing In Infringing Copies• Providing Means For Making Infringing Copies• Provision Of Premises Or Apparatus For Infringing Performances• Authorising Infringement
Permitted Acts• Insubstantial Use • Non-Commercial Research Or Private Study • Fair Dealing For The Purposes Of Criticism Or Review • Fair Dealing For The Purposes Of Reporting Current Events • Bona Fide Examinations• Instruction in film making and sound recording
Permitted Acts• Licensed Recording Of Broadcasts By Educational Establishments• Photocopying Under CLA Licence• Video Recording At Home For 'Time-Shifting' Purposes
• Decompilation - With Caution
• Redrawing - With Caution
Moral Rights• Paternity Right - the right to be named as author
• Integrity Right - the right to object to derogatory treatment
Can I Use It?Is it a work?
Is it protected?
Do I have a defence to allow free use?
Am I performing a Restricted act?
CLEAR IT
USE ITNo
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Why choose Creative Commons?
• Becoming a standard with open content communities• Displays a mark of commitment• Standardised terms – easily understood• Non-commercial/educational/commercial licence to suit
your business model• Based on collaboration and interchange• Moral rights are preserved
Creative Commons• Attribution of authorship• Variation/no variation of content• Commercial/non commercial use• Any further use licensed on same terms • Internationally recognised symbols
www.creativecommons.org
IP Licensing issues• Ownership of content created in-house• Moral rights• Licensing third party content• Business models
what is ‘non-commercial’?• Non-commercial/commercial/competitive• Collaboration• Creation and publication of content by users
What is open content?• Copyright or public domain• Open source = software• Open content = text and multimedia• Opencourseware (MIT and others)• Open educational resources• The OU OpenLearn http://oci.open.ac.uk
• SCORE
Copyright & Open Content
• Copyright retained • Broad licensing of tools and content• Standardised licensing• Community based
Creative Commons• http://creativecommons.org/• A range of standard licensing templates• Easily identifiable symbols• Licences expressed in legal, lay and computer
languages• Does not challenge copyright. Challenges business
models
Options for creative commons• Attribution• Versioning or not?• Commercial use or not?• “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved