Licensing and Copyright

The NC element in the CC licences means that you may use the work only in the cases described as follows. For all other uses you need permission from the rights holder of the work (this is typically the author, institution or publisher who made the work a

In recent years copyright has moved away from being an esoteric and technical legal subject to one that affects musicians, designers, artists, students, authors, ordinary consumers, and more generally any one involved in any way in cultural production. Co

 Learning objects is a staple term to 21st century instructional designers and educational technologists. Wiley’s (2002) definition, “any digital resource that can be reused to support learning,” provides an intuitive sense of what a learning object is.

To a significant extent, copyright law governs the production, dissemination and consumption of knowledge and culture. In an “information society” it is particularly important to ensure that the gates of learning are kept wide open. It is in this conte

Did you know that almost any work you create is automatically protected under copyright law at the moment of its creation? You do not have to register this copyright or take any special steps to get it – you receive "all-rights-reserved" copyright automat

These findings are relevant not only to the study countries but also to the international copyright community and, most specifically, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), whose Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) is i

This resource from the Creative Commons website provides a brief introduction to the concept.