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Introduction UK copyright law states that any piece of original work is automatically copyright protected as soon as it has been recorded in any way - on paper, in an audio recording, on film, or electronically. An idea itself is not copyright protected - it is only the expression of it that is. http://ferl.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?page=13&resID=4972 -----Original Message----- From: Megan Robertson To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 3/10/03 11:10 AM Subject: Re: Costs of a VLE and Content navigation We also need to turn things on their heads a bit. Copyright legislation (Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988) predates the Internet. It's in sore need of a revamp, but by someone with the technical ability and vision to do a good job (people of this capacity generally find more worthwhile things to do than be politicians!). What we can do is ensure that all 'original' material that is produced in our colleges is given a sensible copyright that reflects how we want to be able to use it. You may wish to make it a condition of acceptance for online materials, that it may be copied freely within the college as a bare minimum... preferably that it may also be shared with other educational institutions. Naturally, an author's name should always be associated with the materials that he produces... all the pages on our VLE have a 'Page content: <Author Name>' tag at the bottom of the standard template (along with a 'last update' date...). We cannot do much about external 'dinosaurs' who wish to remain in the paper age, apart from keeping on asking them to make materials available... and ultimately to leave them behind where possible and use resources from more enlightened individuals. Megan (with visonary head on). ILT Champion, City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College. -----Original Message----- From: Ewan McCubbin To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 10/03/03 11:00 Subject: Re: Costs of a VLE and Content navigation Following on with what both Megan and Ian have said. Megan, you say, "You'd need to look at the precise wording of the copyright statement. Of course, most do not get so specific, and make the resource available 'for educational use' or to..." Of course people should keep in mind that copyright legislation applies to all published material and that any digitisation of books/journals does require permission from the copyright holder. It would always be advisable to check with the rightsholder if digitisation is allowed (and if they wish payment for such use) as some rightsholders may be willing to give permission for paper copying but not digitisation. I'd also add to that that just because a publisher has not made specific copyright statements in the work related to what you want to do with it, does not mean that it is permissable. Even if the material is being used for educational purposes, rightsholders will more often than not wish to be paid for your use of the material. Ewan --- EWAN MCCUBBIN HERON Liaison Officer www.heron.ingenta.com Ingenta plc 23-38 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2ET T +44(0)1337-842880 direct T +44(0)1865-799000 switchboard F +44(0)1337-842881 M +44(0)7946-376143 E [log in to unmask] www.ingenta.com Ingenta: empowering the exchange of academic and professional content online -----Original Message----- From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Megan Robertson Sent: 10 March 2003 10:52 am To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Costs of a VLE and Content navigation Good point, Ian. Obviously, an article from an external source can only appear on your College intranet/VLE if whoever wishes to put it there has obtained any necessary clearance from the copyright holder. You'd need to look at the precise wording of the copyright statement. Of course, most do not get so specific, and make the resource available 'for educational use' or to (particularly if a payment has been made) the college in question without getting specific about '1st year of AVCE Science' or whatever. Materials written by members of the college in the course of their employment are normally regarded as being copyright of the college... although this is always a grey area as many teachers are quite possessive about anything that they have written. However, if they have taken the step of making it available to members of the college by releasing it to the Intranet/VLE, then I wouldn't see a problem in making it available to a wider audience WITHIN the college - unless the author gets particularly 'precious' about it. Megan. ILT Champion, City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College, -----Original Message----- From: Ian Winship To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 10/03/03 10:07 Subject: Re: Costs of a VLE and Content navigation Megan Robertson wrote: > different - for example, an article on 'how to write a business report' in a Business > Studies course that could be of benefit to ICT students doing > 'presentation of information' or English students learning different > writing styles - I have to make multiple copies to go in different 'boxes' If you mean a published article then is there need to get copyright permission to post multiple copies - or even the first one? -------------------------------------------- Ian Winship, Electronic Services Manager Learning Resources, Northumbria University City Campus Library, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST email: [log in to unmask] tel: 0191 227 4150 fax: 0191 227 4563 ***************** List information: ***************** Remember - replies go by default to the entire list. 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