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News from the Copyright Office

New Infoguide Available - Copyright & Research

A new information guide is available from the Copyright Office entitled Copyright & Research This guides provides you with information about your copyright rights and responsibilities and your research as well as introduces some of the copyright issues of various publishing models including Open Access, Creative Commons licensing and more traditional publishing licences. Download the Guide.

See also the powerpoint from our recent From Concept to Publication – Copyright & Your Research information session.

Information Futures Forum

EVENT - Unlocking Access - Video of a presentation given by Professor Michael Geist from the University of Ottawa at Information Futures Forum held at the University of Melbourne on the 5th February 2008.

Australian Copyright Council Training Program 2008

The Australian Copyright Council is running its annual training program. A variety of training sessions are on offering on a wide range of topics such as:

Most sessions are 1 hour but some are 2 hours. The training sessions are scheduled for the 28-30 April, & 1-2 May. To book or for more information visit Copyright Council 2008 training program

Permission Service by the Copyright Office

The University of Melbourne Copyright Office is able to seek permission on your behalf to use material for official University of Melbourne enterprises. This might include using material as part of a course of study, for use in University of Melbourne publications such as the Cultural Collections Diary or for use on a University of Melbourne web page. Unfortunately, we are unable to seek permission for student and staff research publications and other activities such as conference papers, for individual uses, student events and the like.

If you are unsure if the Copyright Office can assist you, please contact Brooke Walters, bcwalt@unimelb.edu.au or 8344 7142

If you need to seek permission yourself, please follow the information on the Copyright Office permissions web page.

If you believe that the Copyright Office can assist you with your permission request, there is now an online form which you can fill out here.

Requesting Permission to use University of Melbourne Copyright Material
The Copyright office also deals with all permission requests from external organisations wishing to use material for which the University owns copyright. If you receive a request directly, we ask that you inform the requester that they fill in an online form, found here, and the Copyright Office will be in touch with them shortly.

If you have any quesries regarding permissions, please contact Brooke Walters, bcwalt@unimelb.edu.au or 8344 7142

New Infoguide Available - DIY & Online Course Material

A new information guide is available from the Copyright Office. Do-It-Yourself and Online Course Material provides you with clear easy-to-follow steps on how to make course material available on the LMS and comply with your copyright responsibilities. Download the Guide.

 

Trial of Informit TVNews Database

TVNews indexes Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks with links to the digitised video content and/or DVD delivery. This is an easy and copyright compliant way to access TV news broadcasts for teaching purposes under the Part VA or ScreenRights Licence.

TVNews also allows material to be downloaded, so videos can be placed on the LMS. If you download material from TVNews and make it available on the LMS, you must follow the guidelines for using TV & Radio Broadcasts.

All individual stories from a particular broadcast are indexed with a detailed synopsis. TVNews is updated daily, with stories appearing on an evening news broadcast generally being available for access the next morning.

The video for each story or documentary is available in WMV format as a progressive download, allowing viewing to begin before the total video file is transferred. Items range from under 30 seconds for short stories, to over an hour for selected documentaries.

Feedback is welcome and can be left at the E-Resources@the University of Melbourne Blog

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Articles on Copyright and Related Topics

Open University studies open access to research - Excellent article on how Open University has developed it's open access policy & repository. Many of the issues apply equally to the University of Melbourne. (ComputerWeekly.com 10/03/08)

Conceiving an International Instrument on Limitations & Exceptions to Copyright - P.B. Hugenholtz & Ruth L. Okediji. This report discusses the issues around developing a global approach to limitations & exceptions (e.g. fair use vs fair dealing) in international copyright law.

Cultural Institutions, Digitisation & Copyright Reform - paper by Andrew F. Christie (IPRIA Working Paper)

Le and Thomas - Article by Alex Malik that looks at how copyright infringement is now being treated as criminal proceedings rather than civil. The article looks at two recent cases Le in Australia and Thomas in the US.

‘Scholarship in the Digital Age'- looks at some of the issues academics & scholars face in the digital age including the use of Open Access Repositories (Insidehighered.com 20/12/07)

Infringement Nation: Copyright Reform and the Law/Norm Gap - excellent article from John Tehranian looking at how individual's use copyright material for their own personal use and how they inadvertently infringe copyright.

The ADA Monthly Intellectual Property Wrap-Up - The October/November 2007 issue of the Australian Digital Alliance's IP Newsletter

Creative Commons - The ABC's Radio National Law Report program looks at Creative Commons, an alternative licencing scheme. (Radio National 20/11/07). See also What the Creative in 'Creative Commons' Really Means from PCmag.com (14/12/07)

K Taylor, "Copyright and research: an academic publisher's perspective", (2007) 4:2 SCRIPT-ed 233 @: < http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/script-ed/vol4-2/taylor.asp>

Legal Issues for Wikis: The Challenge of User-generated and Peer-produced Knowledge, Content and Culture - Interesting article from Peter Black, Hayden Delaney & Brian Fitzgerald looking at copyright, defamation and privacy issues related to Wikis. A wiki is a website that is edited and maintained by a community of users, rather than a single maintainer. The article is published in eLaw Journal Vol 14, No 1, 2007 and is available for download at https://elaw.murdoch.edu.au/issues/2007/1/eLaw_legal%20issues%20for%20wikis.pdf

Creative commons: a challenge for creatives? - Podcast from ABC's Radio National Book Show. Guest author Cory Doctorow discusses copyright & the use of Creative Commons licences. (25 September 2007).

Digital copyright law in a YouTube world - article from Damien O'Brien & Brian Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology.

YouTube: Copyright Law and Internet Video - PowerPoint presentation from Matthew Rimmer, ANU

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New Copyright Resources & Guides

Guide on Managing IP for Museums - World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has published a guide on managing intellectual property, including copyright, for museums. The guide can be downloaded from the WIPO website in pdf.

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Fun Stuff

David Pogue: A 4-minute medley on the music wars - A satirical look at music downloads, copyright & music piracy.

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