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Ensure your organisation’s copying activities are copyright compliant with this one-day course.
The day will include how to determine if your copying has the necessary authorisation and identifying high, medium and low risk activities and how to minimise the risks.
Benefits of attending
By the end of the event participants will have:
- gained an understanding of how to develop a copyright policy and what it might contain
- received practical tips and suggestions of the steps needed to demonstrate they uphold the moral and legal rights of the creators and distributors of intellectual property whilst also defending the legitimate needs and interests of their information users
- be aware of recent developments, including the implementation of the Gowers Review on intellectual property and recent case law.
Who should attend?
Those who need to ensure that their information service is copyright compliant and/or need to develop an organisational copyright policy in order to reduce the risks of copyright infringement. Also those who already have a good basic understanding of current copyright law.
Programme
| Registration & coffee |
09.30 |
| Start |
10.00 |
| Lunch |
12.30 |
| Close |
16.30 |
- Developing a copyright policy
things to consider
what the policy should cover
frequently asked questions
- How to ensure that your copying is properly authorised
The copyright clearance process
identifying the rights holder
issues to consider
sample wording
the problem of orphan works
- What constitutes infringement, and what are its consequences
What are low, medium and high-risk activities; and how can you minimize the risks
- Practical steps you can take to stay within copyright law
Dispute resolution
Mediation services
The role of the Copyright Tribunal
Civil & criminal courts
- Copyright legal cases and the lessons we can learn from them
Places are limited to: 20
Course leader: Paul Pedley
CILIP personal members: £190 plus VAT £223.25
CILIP organisationl members: £225 plus VAT £264.38
Non members: £265 plus VAT £311.38
Updated: 16 July 2008