the legal aspects of content curation: case examples
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The legal aspects of content curation
case examples
Merel Teunissen / @merelteunissen
Almost all content on the internet is protected by copyright law.
Today I will discuss how you legally curate someone else’s
content.
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Five common ways to legally use copyrighted content
1. Permission author
2. Quotation right
3. Hyperlink and embedded link
4. Creative Commons
5. Public domain
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1. Permission author
Use content only in that way you have permission for.
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22tracks is author licensed by Dutch collecting society Buma/Stemra
2. Quotation right
Requirements quote:
1. ‘Serious’ expressions
2. From a published source
3. Clearly indicate the source
4. Proportionality and functionality
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2. Quotation right1. A ‘serious’ expression
Only quote in ‘serious’ expressions.
For serious purposes.
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2. Quotation right2. From a published source
You can only quote from a published source.
Not from unlawfully published content.
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Unlawfully quoted content. Photo was never published by Playboy.
2. Quotation right3. Clearly indicate the source
Clearly indicate the source including the authors name
(as far as reasonably possible)
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2. Quotation right4. Proportionality and functionality
Proportional - you can’t quote more than necessary.
Functional - the quote has to be relevant to the context of
the text.
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Quote: not proportional and functional
Quote: proportional and functional
Five common ways to legally use copyrighted content
1. Permission author
2. Quotation right
3. Hyperlink and embedded link
4. Creative Commons
5. Public domain
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3. Hyperlink and embedded link
The content was placed on a freely accessible website.
Hyperlink - allow users to click their way from webpage
to webpage.
Embedded link - allow users to publish copyrighted content
by the use of framing technology.
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Curated content via hyperlinks.
Curated content via embedded links.
4. Creative Commons
A copyright license system which provides authors an easy
way to give the public permission to share and publish their
content on its own conditions.
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5. Public domain
The duration of a copyright is 70 years after the death of the
author. When these 70 years have passed the content is free
to the public domain.
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IN SUMMARY
Five common ways to legally use copyrighted content
1. Permission author
2. Quotation right
3. Hyperlink and embedded link
4. Creative Commons
5. Public domain
@merelteunissen
Questions? Need advice?
Merel Teunissen
020 675 88 21
06 246 058 46