Copyright user presentation
- 1. BARTOLOMEO MELETTI AND VICTORIA STOBO CREATe, University of Glasgow (www.create.ac.uk) COPYRIGHTUSER.ORG Understand Your Rights 12 MARCH 2015 CILIP ARLG-SW and SWMN Members' Day 2015 Focus on Copyright
- 3. WHAT IS COPYRIGHTUSER.ORG? COPYRIGHTUSER.ORG CopyrightUser.org is an independent online resource aimed at making UK Copyright Law accessible to creators, media professionals, entrepreneurs, students and members of the public.
- 4. WHY?
- 5. WHY ? COPYRIGHTUSER.ORG Copyright is not a discourse among experts anymore. Every day many new ‘copyright users’ enter the digital creative marketplace.
- 6. HOW?
- 7. HOW? COPYRIGHTUSER.ORG Bottom-up approach: the content of the site reflects issues that arise for copyright users – such as creators, media professionals, entrepreneurs and consumers – in practice.
- 8. BOTTOM-UP APPROACH COPYRIGHTUSER.ORG Frequently Asked Questions -Keyword ‘copyright’ on Yahoo Answers -24,438 results from May 2012 and April 2013 -First 200 were selected -20 Key Themes -Myth-Reality Cards
- 9. BOTTOM-UP APPROACH COPYRIGHTUSER.ORG Interviews with Creators -18 qualitative interviews -6 broad artistic mediums -Semi-structured interviews -Interviewees’ questions
- 10. COPYRIGHT USERS’ QUESTIONS COPYRIGHTUSER.ORG What can or can’t you do with already existing materials? How do you best exploit your own materials?
- 11. COPYRIGHTUSER.ORG COPYRIGHTUSER.ORG - Types of Users - Types of Use - List of Topics
- 12. CHALLENGES
- 13. CHALLENGES COPYRIGHTUSER.ORG - Complexity - Contested environment - Negative perception
- 14. HOW WE RESPOND COPYRIGHTUSER.ORG - Accessible, user-friendly language and style - Bottom-up and balanced approach - Positive message
- 16. Established in 2014 There is no central source for up-to-date guidance or advice on copyright with the University Library There is no specific staff member with particular responsibility for copyright within the University library Informal networks of expertise have developed, but not all staff know about particular specialisms, or who to approach for advice How do we update staff with changes to copyright legislation and help them answer enquiries confidently, with no funding available for a new member of staff, or for producing new internal guidance? UNIVERISTY OF GLASGOW LIBRARY COPYRIGHT WORKING GROUP UNDERSTANDING UK COPYRIGHT LAW
- 17. We ran a short survey of library staff This links in with the research methodology used by COPYRIGHT USER We asked staff what questions they had about the law We asked staff to tell us what they get asked about most often by library users We asked them what they would like the content of a training day to cover These are the results: CREATe and COPYRIGHT USER UNDERSTANDING UK COPYRIGHT LAW
- 19. UNDERSTANDING UK COPYRIGHT LAW Q2: Please give brief details of the types of enquiry you receive How many full-text PDFs of articles can I share with my students? Is this in copyright? Who owns the copyright? Can I publish this material in my book? Digitisation of course materials for use on Moodle DRM in e-resources Use of images, videos or other material in lectures, slides etc. DRM in e-resources Can students share PDFs of articles if one obtains a copy?Licensing and Open Access Images for use on posters
- 20. UNDERSTANDING UK COPYRIGHT LAW
- 21. UNDERSTANDING UK COPYRIGHT LAW Q4: Please give details of any areas where you do feel confident or where you don’t feel confident Photographs Orphan Works Non-UK material Unpublished works No Yes/No answers Up-to-date advice 20th Century Material YouTube Tracing rightsholders CONFIDENT NOT CONFIDENT 5% or 1 Chapter Copying from books and journals UK material Open Access Simple enquiries about a specific area Some Licence agreements
- 22. UNDERSTANDING UK COPYRIGHT LAW Q5: Do you use any resources when seeking information to answer copyright related queries? University licence agreements BUFVC CLA Website Padfield flowcharts British Library website Copyright User National Archives guidelines NRA-Jiscmail list Pedley flowcharts Sherpa-Romeo Senior members of staff UKCORR Mailing list CILIP factsheets JISC Legal website
- 23. UNDERSTANDING UK COPYRIGHT LAW Advising users on publishing material: traditionally, online and via social media Advising academics on appropriate open access licences Offering guidance on the sharing and re- use of data that doesn’t belong to the University
- 24. UNDERSTANDING UK COPYRIGHT LAW
- 25. UNDERSTANDING UK COPYRIGHT LAW Q8: If you answered yes, please give brief details Open Access Risk Assessment What to do in unclear situations Practical examples Negotiating copyright in collections with depositors Copyright in theses Copyright in our e-repository Overview of changes Basics of the law Advice for lecturers and students on using slides, Moodle, multimedia resources etc CLA and other licences Determining copyright status of material Material-specific: photographs, maps etc
- 26. Do you feel confident answering copyright related queries from Library users? Where do you feel confident/not confident? Which types of enquiry do you receive? Are there areas of copyright where you would benefit from specific guidance?