Authors: A.A.Fuente, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain; A.Texeira, L.Morgado, Universidade Aberta, Portugal.
The general goal of this training material is to help teachers create academic materials while complying with the Intellectual Property (IP) laws, with licenses as the main point of interest. The focus is on Creative Commons (CC) licenses, as this licenses are probably the licenses of choice in the academic field.
Unit 1 introduces the main concepts needed to understand IP, including licenses. In Unit 2 we will learn about CC licenses and how to use them.
Unit 3 introduces additional IP concepts, as differences between countries in IP laws reside in these areas and they must be taken into account by the author of academic materials. These regional particularities are treated in Unit 4.
Creators of materials can use resources from others. In Unit 5 we will learn about the different types of resources that can be used, and a specific process to assure compliance with IP law when using these resources by checking the licenses. Unit 6 shows how to search for these resources considering the resource license.
The last unit is devoted to registration, which is usually the last thing done regarding IP when developing academic materials
Unit 7. Selecting a license and registering material
Reference. Intellectual Property Laws in Europe
[web references as visited on September, 2015]
- Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32001L0029:E... - Italy. Law No. 633 of April 22, 1941, for the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights. Protezione del diritto d'autore e di altri diritti connessi al suo esercizio. (041U0633) (GU n.166 del 16-7-1941
http://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:legge:1941-04-22;633...
http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=301483 -
Lithuania. Law on Copyright and Related Rights No. VIII-1185 of May 18, 1999 (as amended on October 7, 2014 – by Law No. XII-1183) (in English and Lithuanian)
http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=15422 -
Portugal. Code of Copyright and Related Rights. Código do Direito de Autor e dos Direitos Conexos. Aprovado pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 63/85, de 14 de Março (in Portuguese)
http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=7793 -
Spain. Law on Intellectual Property, regularizing, clarifying and harmonizing the Applicable Statutory Provisions. Real Decreto Legislativo 1/1996, de 12 de abril, por el que se aprueba el texto refundido de la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, regularizando, aclarando y armonizando las disposiciones legales vigentes sobre la materia. (in Spanish)
http://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1996-8930
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