November 5, 2009 – 10:10 am
nbsp;http://www.ipo.gov.uk/pro-types/pro-copy…
The UK Government has long recognised the importance of creativity and knowledge to the UK. It lies behind our investment in research, education and skills and our support for creative industries. Much of this value relies on our ability to access and share information as never before through the Internet.
We are, however, at a crossroads [...]
November 3, 2009 – 12:20 pm
nbsp;http://www.ands.org.au/guides/copyright-…
This guide is relevant to those who deal with data, including researchers who generate or compile data, database/repository
managers who store, manage and retrieve data, and users who access and use data.
from ANDS website
November 2, 2009 – 12:21 pm
nbsp;http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?a…
authors: Peter B. Hirtle Cornell University Library; Emily Hudson University of Melbourne – Law School; Andrew T. Kenyon
University of Melbourne Law School
Digital communications technologies have led to fundamental changes in the ways that cultural institutions fulfil their public missions of access, preservation, research, and education. Institutions are developing publicly-accessible websites in which users can visit [...]
October 30, 2009 – 1:02 pm
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a ‘Communication on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy’ aiming to tackle the important cultural and legal challenges of mass-scale digitisation and dissemination of books, in particular of European library collections. The Communication was jointly drawn up by Commissioners Charlie McCreevy and Viviane Reding.
source: KnowledgeSpeak
October 30, 2009 – 12:18 pm
www.jisclegal.ac.uk
At JISC Legal we have upgraded our website and want to highlight some of the changes and features which make accessing our guidance more straightforward, helping you to avoid legal barriers to the development and use of ICT in colleges and universities.
We have produced a short homemade video to point out some of [...]
October 16, 2009 – 6:39 am
nbsp;http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/…
The Center for Social Media at AU has released a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for OpenCourseWare. From the press release,
“OpenCourseWare, the Web-based publication of academic course content launched in 2002 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been lauded for making college-level courses available to anyone anywhere in the world for [...]
October 15, 2009 – 9:42 am
nbsp;http://www.ands.edu.au/guides/index.html
This guide is relevant to those who deal with data, including researchers who generate or compile data, database/repository managers who store, manage and retrieve data, and users who access and use data. ‘Data’ is used here in a broad sense, as including datasets from observations, investigations, instruments, surveys, statistical data, metadata, recordings, images, video, software [...]
September 9, 2009 – 7:24 am
nbsp;http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/5603
The Berkman Center is pleased to announce the release of a new study undertaken in collaboration with the Hewlett Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Open Society Institute:
An Evaluation of Private Foundation Copyright Licensing Policies, Practices and Opportunities, by Phil Malone
This project, a joint effort of the Berkman Center, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, [...]
http://www.oaklist.qut.edu.au/
OAKList is an online database of information about the copyright policies of Australian publishers of scholarly journals: http://www.oaklist.qut.edu.au/
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Library is pleased to announce a new simplified process for people wishing to contribute new information to the OAKList database.
The database was established by the OAK Law Project in 2007 (under the leadership [...]
nbsp;http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Copyri…
Abstract: This ECAR research bulletin reviews some of the basic tenets of copyright in the digital millennium. Specifically, it discusses the ways in which copyright law, fair use provisions, and the TEACH Act interact with today’s teaching and learning, especially the use of Web 2.0 tools by both faculty members and students.
available to UM [...]
Powered by FireStats