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Wiltshire Museums Copyright Seminar - 25-Nov-2003

Copyright and Online ImagesGrant Young – TASI Technical Research Officer

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TASIThe Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI) is a JISC-funded service set up to provide advice and guidance to the Further and Higher Education community on the issues of creating, delivering and using digital images together with managing digitisation projects.

Ph: 0117 928 7091

Email: info@tasi.ac.uk

WWW: http://www.tasi.ac.uk/

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TASI

Still digital images(raster, vector, and animated)

All aspects(creating, delivering, and using)

For digitisation projectsand learning/teaching

FE/HE and some other ‘GLAMorous’ institutions!

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TASI

Enquiry Service(info@tasi.ac.uk)

Mailing List(www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ lists/tasi.html)

Workshops(www.tasi.ac.uk/training/

Consultancy

Information (www.tasi.ac.uk)

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Some (not so) small print

Whilst all care has been taken, the information presented here does not in any way constitute legal advice and TASI always recommends that you contact a specialist lawyer for professional guidance on issues pertaining to IPR

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Copyright and Online Images

Clearing rightsEnsuring/securing permission to digitise and make available online

Protecting rightsEnsuring that rights and investments in online images are not infringed or abused by others

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Clearing Rights – Basics

Consider at beginning of project Your responsibility Owning material owning copyright Digitisation is a form of copying Putting online is a form of “publication”,

communication or distribution Unlikely to fall within “fair dealing” May be several layers of copyright May be other rights involved

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Clearing Rights - Steps

Determine copyright status Decide on scope of permissions required Create a contract Set up a due diligence file Locate rights-holder(s) Negotiate the details Do what you say you’ll do Make an effort to protect online works

from infringement by others

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“To copy or not to copy?”

What if copyright status unclear or owner unknown/untraceable?

Best advice is don’t copy Others go ahead with a promise to

remove and desist Such practise is risky and TASI

recommends seeking legal advice before proceeding

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Other rights and issues

Other Intellectual Property Rights(e.g. Design Rights, Patents and Trademarks, Publication Rights, Database Rights, Performing Rights)

Moral Rights Data Protection issues Freedom of Information obligations Who actually owns your online resource?

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Protecting Rights - Basics

Consider at beginning of project First line of defence is educational Second line of defence is technological Nothing will provide an absolute

guarantee Up to you to pursue infringements Balance risks and costs v benefits Consider the worst case scenario –

is it really so bad?

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Protecting Rights – Options

Do nothing Limit deliverables Add rights statements

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Tag image files Make it difficult to copy Watermark content Restrict access Seal/encrypt content

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Protecting Rights – Options

Limit deliverables Online delivery imposes own limitations:

• Size (pixel dimensions)

• Quality (lossy compression)

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Protecting Rights – Options

Tag image files (IPTC/EXIF)

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Protecting Rights – Options

Making it difficult to copy (1)

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Protecting Rights – Options

Making it difficult to copy (2)• Java applets• FLASH presentations• Using zoom technologies

to deliver larger images(slicing or streaming the images)

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Protecting Rights – Options

Watermarking

visible “invisible”

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Protecting Rights – Options

Restricting access Sealing/encrypting content

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Impact of Copyright Directive

Clarification rather than extension Temporary copying not illegal

(e.g. viewing in browser, caching of image)

Tampering with copy protection is illegal(e.g. removing file tags or watermarks, breaking applets, etc.)

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Conclusion

Educate yourself and your users Consider the risks and

costs v benefits Only way to be absolutely sure is not

to copy material and not to make it available!

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Want to know more?

Ask a question during panel session Come along to this afternoon’s

discussion Email TASI’s Enquiry Service Attend TASI’s DRM workshop