JISC RSC YH Exchange News

The New York Times has reported that as of 24/09/09, the Settlement was officially withdrawn from the New York court where it was being decided.
Whilst the settlement may be withdrawn from the time being, issues that it has raised may be reinvigorated in the future, therefore JISC continues to be very keen to gather views [...]

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Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production
Thursday 17th September 2009,
10.00 am – 5.00 pm
Book now on one of the most popular courses run by the BUFVC. This is an essential one-day starter for those needing to use copy and manage existing third party content in their work and to deliver to students and the [...]

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Access to over 50 million items held in trust by publicly funded agencies such as libraries, museums, archives and universities are being prevented from being available online due to current copyright laws.
‘In from the Cold’, a report by the Strategic Content Alliance and the Collections Trust, shows that millions of so-called ‘orphan works’ - photographs, recordings, texts and other [...]

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If you are baffled by what copyright law permits and does not permit you to do with digital and print resources, then this webcast is for you.
This webcast, to be delivered on Wednesday 6 May 2009 at 2pm, will examine the legal issues surrounding copyright licences and digital content such as texts, images, sounds, and [...]

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Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production
 Monday 27th April 2009
10.30 am – 5.00 pm
Book now on one of the most popular courses run by the BUFVC. This is an essential one-day starter for those needing to use copy and manage existing third party content in their work and to deliver to students and the [...]

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New technologies offer amazing opportunities to create, reuse and share content in learning materials.
However this also means that staff involved in the development of online learning materials are more likely than ever to have to engage with intellectual property rights (IPR) and copyright.  
As a result, the JISC CASPER project has produced a number of [...]

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The Copyright Toolkit is an online resource aimed at helping people in the education sector who need to deal with copyright issues around using multimedia in learning environments. It features background information about copyright law and a set of interactive exercises to help you understand the key points.
The Toolkit has been developed by Copy-Right Consultants, [...]

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Eduserv is hosting an event to mark the launch of a new online resource, the Copyright Toolkit.
The Copyright Toolkit (http://copyrighttoolkit.com) is an online resource aimed at helping people deal with copyright issues when using third-party multimedia in learning environments.
Aimed at lecturers, librarians, sound and vision technicians and those who negotiate for [...]

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Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production
Presenters: Alma Hales and Bernadette Attwell
Date:  Thursday 9th October 2008, 10.00 am – 5.00 pm
Book your place now on one of the most popular courses run by the BUFVC. This is an essential one-day starter for those needing to use copy and manage existing third party content in [...]

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