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News release
7 April 2011
Confused by copyright? In the dark about IPR?
A new elearning module from the JISC-led Strategic Content Alliance is to
help update people dealing with intellectual property rights in
universities, colleges, museums, libraries and other public bodies.
Access the module at <http://www.web2rights.com/SCAIPRModule>
The module will help them understand the implications and roles of
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and licensing – all crucial to their
institution’s role as a provider, aggregator and/or publisher of digital
content.
After completing the module, they will be better able to create, exploit and
manage digital content with confidence, and most importantly, using a risk
managed approach.
To help make these complex areas more understandable, the module is divided
into six learning objects with supporting case studies, video and animation:
1. Introduction to IPR and Licensing
2. Creative Commons Licences
3. Orphan Works and Risk Management
4. Digital Economy Act
5. Accessing and Using Third Party Content
6. Protecting and Managing Rights
Naomi Korn, one of the authors of the resource, said: “The module has been
developed to directly address those people in institutions who may be new to
the issues around intellectual property rights and licensing or for those
who want to learn more about specific issues. We anticipate that people
will want to customise, reuse and share the information so it is has been
developed in an open source platform and the content licensed under Creative
Commons licences, making the resource as flexible as possible.”
The module supplements and forms part a range of products and tools to
support the management of IPR created by the Alliance.
Sarah Fahmy, manager of the Strategic Content Alliance, said: “Whilst there
is little current case law, the education sector risks reputational damage
and loss of trust with publishers and other rights holders in the event that
copyright and other IPRs are not handled appropriately.
“Universities and colleges need support to ensure that their own rights are
adequately protected, contractual agreements with any funding bodies are
upheld and the ramifications of using digital content for which rights
holders are unknown or cannot be traced - so called 'orphan works' - are
thoroughly considered.”
The module has been developed for the Strategic Content Alliance by IPR
consultants Naomi Korn and Emma Beer, and by Robert Stillwell and Dr Neil
Witt in the department for technology enhanced learning at Plymouth
University.
Access the module at <http://www.web2rights.com/SCAIPRModule>
Read more advice and guidance on IPR and related issues through the toolkit
<
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/themes/content/contentalliance/reports/ipr.aspx
>
Stay up to date with the Strategic Content Alliance at <
http://sca.jiscinvolve.org/wp/ipr-publications/>
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Sharon E. Crossan
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Phone: 07928 887 461 / 01792 60 2451
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