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Hi Michael JISC Legal (one of JISC's free advisory services like ourselves) have several resources on copyright and accessibility such as http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/publications/copyrightcoppenheim.htm http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/pdfs/copyrightlawelearn.pdf and they are just putting the finishing touches to an online tutorial they developed with us on Copyright, Accessibility and the Law - email them for details of when will be published as it should be any time now. Their enquiry function is listed on their home page at www.jisclegal.ac.uk For what it's worth I would have thought that if the material was for use by specific named students and not for public consumption that would be deemed acceptable usage, but JISC Legal will be much better placed to advise you. Best wishes Dr Simon Ball Senior Advisor JISC TechDis Service Supporting the education sector in achieving greater accessibility and inclusion by stimulating innovation and providing expert advice and guidance on disability and technology. [log in to unmask] www.techdis.ac.uk Skype: simontechdis 01904717580 / 07813917888 Next HE Online Updates: April 24th at 10.30 and April 28th at 13.30 - www.instantpresenter.com/techdisonline78 -----Original Message----- From: Michael Woodman [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 06 March 2009 16:02 Subject: Subtitles on videos - copyright Dear All: We have a video resource produced by the University of Manchester from 1986 which is used in our Biomedical Sciences teaching programme. We have a student who is profoundly deaf, and because the film is being used in a certain specific context, it would much more advantageous for us to offer a re-edit of the DVD version with added subtitles using our internal audio-visual services (rather than providing a transcript). However, our AV services are concerned that we need permission to re-subtitle an existing DVD from the original manufacturers. Unfortunately, Manchester University Press Office told me they have no record of the video on their systems and suggested I contact the academics involved directly ... if I could find them(!) Does copyright come into play here if it is as part of a reasonable adjustment, (I am just mindful of the fact that we suspend copyright issues when dyslexic students record lectures as long as they are using the content for their own uses only)? Could a similar case be argued if the subtitled version isn't made publically available? Kind regards, -- Michael Woodman Disabilities Coordinator Registry, Hunter Wing, St. George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, SW17 0RE. www.sgul.ac.uk/disability Tel: 020 8725 0143 Fax: 020 8725 0841 [log in to unmask] ____________________ This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies. Please do not disclose, copy, or distribute information in this email nor take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it Please note that views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Higher Education Academy Please note that this e-mail has been created in the knowledge that Internet e-mail is not a secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us Although we have taken steps to ensure this e-mail and attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free The Higher Education Academy Registered No 4930131