This advice document is a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) JISC Digital Media has received about copyright in relation to digital still images.
Read full advice document...Answers to some frequently asked questions about using images downloaded from the web.
Read full advice document...Copyright and related rights issues are central to the use of digital images within Higher and Further education. This advice paper provides a broad overview of copyright and related rights as they affect digital images.
Read full advice document...This document is intended as a quick reference guide, answering frequently asked questions about copyright. You are advised to check reference works and/or seek legal advice for your specific circumstances.
Read full advice document...Copyright and related rights issues will be central to most activities involving the use of digital images within teaching and research activities. This paper is aimed at staff using images in this way and highlights the range of rights issues affecting digital images. It includes a stage-by-stage guide to clearing rights in images for use in teaching and research.
Read full advice document...Creators of digital image collections, have important choices, decisions and responsibilities. This paper examines the role of copyright for staff who may be involved in the building of image collections.
Read full advice document...A watermark is used to convey indelible information about an image to the audience: this might include the name of the copyright owner, date of creation, a logo, contact details, URL and restrictions of usage. Watermarks assist in controlling the use and distribution of images; the more sophisticated systems can support the tracking of protected images across the web. A watermark however, does not prevent unauthorised use of an image, it only informs the end-user that they are using a protected image. Users can choose to ignore this warning.
Read full advice document...Frequently asked questions about Model Release.
Read full advice document...A guide to the creation, manipulation and use of audio flies in the popular MP3 format, including a close look at the many audio and metadata options which MP3 offers, and its use within teaching and learning.
Read full advice document...This advice document provides some basic information on rights issues associated with creating time-based digital media resources. By time-based we mean resources that change over time - including spoken audio, music, animation, and video - as opposed to still images or screen shots, which do not change over time. Rights issues include copyright, recording rights, moral rights and performance rights.
Read full advice document...By reviewing copyright enquiries which have reached us via our helpdesk, we’ve collated answers to some of the most common. These are presented here as an FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).
Read full advice document...Copyright and other intellectual property rights are central to the development, use and sustainability of digital collections. This advice document provides a broad overview of copyright.
Read full advice document...This informative and stimulating course is run by a leading expert in copyright. It looks in-depth at how copyright and other legal issues impact upon digital media and it will enable you to develop practical approaches to clearing and managing those rights within your own collections.
Read course description...This course provides a thorough practical overview of how to digitise images and text from print-based materials. You will use a desktop scanner and related technology to effectively enable you to leverage the rights granted to you by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) scanning licence.
Read course description...If you’ve ever needed to find images online that you can use in your work materials then this course is for you. It will guide you to all the best places to locate free-to-use, copyright cleared images for use in both teaching and learning. You’ll never use Google to find images again!
Read course description...We have just published a new advice document titled Copyright and Other Rights for Creating Time-based Media. The document aims to provide an introduction to what rights exist, how they are allocated, and how they need to be attained when creating time-based media such as audio or video productions.
Read blog entry...Google takes action to address copyright infringement on Blogger.
Read blog entry...We have just published three new advice documents on copyright and digital media.
Read blog entry...On Thursday 2nd July I attended a Museums Copyright Group meeting at which John Robinson, Director of Legal and International at DACS, presented a proposal for a new Museums and Heritage Copyright Licence.
Read blog entry...Steve will be giving a short talk as part of JISC Legal’s free live webcast this afternoon.
Read blog entry...Via The Guardian. Does the US president’s iPod gift infringe copyright?
Read blog entry...The recent past has seen the erosion of the concept of fair dealing in the UK and elsewhere, but the latest proposal by the New Zealand government far exceeds what we have seen over here.
Read blog entry...The developers of a potentially useful new online tool for optimising images have hastily withdrawn one of the main ‘image crushing’ features it launched with.
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