JISC

Facilitated by Naomi Korn Copyright Consultancy, the workshops are primarily aimed at delegates from universities, archives, museums, health, public service broadcasting, schools and cultural heritage who have a professional involvement in the creation and curation of digital content. No particular technical knowledge is required.

Why are intellectual property rights so important in the creation and curation of digital content?

For public bodies, understanding the implications and roles of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and licensing is essential when delivering digital content, collections and related digital services. This means that at an operational level, it is essential copyright and other IPRs, as well as the permissions required are managed effectively, if these public bodies are to deliver value to their organisations and their users respectively. The Internet provides a unique opportunity to deliver your organisations content, collections and services and yet, as we enter the second decade of the Internet many struggle with issues surrounding copyright and IPR. Fortunately, there is help at hand through the development of a range of tools, case studies and exemplars of “good practice”. These and other tried and tested techniques will be showcased at this event.

Topics covered will include

• The role of IPR and licensing with the context of digital content creation and curation
• Introduction to the Alliance's IPR and Licensing Toolkit with group persona/scenario sessions
• A watching brief of new developments and topical issues which are informing IPR debate and/or policy, including Orphan works and the Digital Economy Act updates 
• Case law examples of IPR legislation 'in action' and the role of risk managed approach to content creation and curation 

By the end of the workshop, delegates will have

• Gained a better understanding of the role of IPR and licensing with the context of digital content creation and curation
• Understood the role of procedures in their organisation for achieving best copyright practice
• Discussed the Alliance's IPR and licensing resources and tested them against specific scenarios
• Networked with peers and discussed mutual areas of interest

Venue information

JISC London Office
Brettenham House South
5 Lancaster Place
London WC2E 7EN
Meeting Room 1&2, ground floor

Pre-workshop recommendations

Please do familiarise yourselves as much as possible with the Alliance tools and publications In particular, those concerning IPR would be recommended reading prior to the workshop

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