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...Anyone who has ever delved into copyright law and music (and came out the other side the same person) will know that simplicity and common sense certainly don't have a place in this murky area.
Read blog entry...The hotly awaited paper from JISC Legal regarding rights issues and lecture recordings is now available to download from their website.
Read blog entry...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.
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