Knowledge without boundaries Open Educational Resources OERs and
Knowledge without boundaries
Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Digital Education Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 23 June 2014 Copyright, licensing and OERs Teresa Hackett Programme Manager EIFL-IP 2. (via online web conference)
3. Dublin, Ireland
Overview • Who we are • EIFL in Kyrgyzstan • Introduction to copyright • Introduction to licences • Tips for OERs 4. • Further Reading
Who we are EIFL - Electronic Information for Libraries 5. International NGO dedicated to enabling access to knowledge through libraries and library consortia in more than 60 transition economy and developing countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America
EIFL partner in Kyrgyzstan • Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium (KLIC) Ассоциация «Библиотечноинформационный Консорциум» www. bik. org. kg • EIFL Country coordinator: Sania Battalova <battalovas@mail. auca. kg> • EIFL-Licensing coordinator: Irina Pak • EIFL-IP (copyright and libraries) and EIFL-Open Access coordinator: Safia Rafikova 6.
Two key messages • Copyright and licensing are important issues to consider when developing OER resources. Ignore at your peril! • Copyright and licensing rules apply equally to digital content. Know the rules! 7.
Copyright: the basics What is copyright? • legal protection granted to creators of “works of the mind” • automatic - no registration needed • works must be original and “fixed” i. e. written down or recorded 8.
Copyright: the basics Copyright applies to • books, journals, letters, music, photographs, film, databases, maps, technical drawings, and so on • published and unpublished works • all formats e. g. print, audio-visual, digital, online or offline, DVD, mp 3, and so on 9.
Copyright: the basics What rights does it grant? (1) Economic rights include: • to reproduce the work • to adapt the work • to translate the work • to distribute the work (physical copies) • to communicate the work to the public by electronic transmission • to perform or display the work publicly 10.
Copyright: the basics What rights does it grant? (2) Moral rights: • right of attribution • right of integrity • right of disclosure • right to withdraw 11.
Copyright: the basics Who gets a copyright? • Author or creator - by default the first owner • Heirs • Publisher • Collecting society • Employer can acquire the economic rights by transfer or licence from the creator 12.
Copyright: the basics Limitations and exceptions to copyright (1) • Term of protection Example: for literary works life of author + 50 years (in some countries 70 years) • When the term of protection expires, the work enters the public domain. Fact: Works in the public domain may be freely used by anyone for any purpose e. g. commercial and noncommercial uses, education and research, OERs, etc. 13.
Copyright: the basics Limitations and exceptions to copyright (2) Examples of exceptions for certain, specific uses (differs from country to country) e. g. • preservation by libraries and archives • illustration for teaching • private study Fact: If the work is in copyright, and the use does not fall within the scope of an exception in national copyright law, you need permission to use it. 14.
Licensing: the basics How permissions are granted A licence is a formal authority to do something that would otherwise be unlawful e. g. • a copyright owner may give permission to use the work in certain ways e. g. to digitize, traditionally for a fee. • most electronic material is licensed e. g. e-journals in a library are subject to a publisher licence that sets the terms and conditions of use, and Fact: Content on the public internet thatthe is fee. available free of charge might still have usage restrictions, it depends on the licence. 15.
Licensing: the basics Open content licences • Open content licences, such as Creative Commons (CC), offer creators an easy way to give the public permission to share and use their work online. • In CC licences, creators can easily change the copyright terms from the default “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved”, or “no rights reserved”. • Be aware of the difference between material that is available online free of charge (no price barriers), and material that is free but has permission barriers. No price barrier + no permission barrier = open access. 16.
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Tips OERs are “freely available teaching and learning materials which the author has licensed in an open format to allow others to re-use and adapt”. Centre for Learning Technology To avoid problems later, it is recommended to have a policy on legal and licensing issues for your OER a procedure to check the copyright status / licence terms of third party content you wish to include e. g. text, photos, graphs, illustrations, etc. a checklist for rights clearance and risk assessment for material you wish to use. 21.
Further reading Copyright for Librarians / Заглавная страница http: //cfl. eifl. net/ru/ EIFL Handbook on Copyright and Related Issues for Libraries Справочник для библиотек по авторскому праву и смежным вопросам www. eifl. net/eifl-handbook-copyright-russian JISC OER IPR Support Project www. web 2 rights. com/OERIPRSupport/index. html 22.
Thank you. Teresa Hackett, EIFL-IP Programme Manager teresa. hackett@eifl. net www. eifl. net 23.
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