Course description
This course is ideal for anyone in an editorial or project management role. An awareness of copyright and copyright clearance is useful in any editorial context.
An understanding of the principles and process of copyright clearance can be extremely helpful when working on larger projects. An editor or other editorial professional may be called upon to help to clear the permissions in large and small projects.
Once you have completed this course, you will be able to say, ‘I can do that!’
By the end of the course you will understand:
- what copyright is
- some essential copyright terminology
- why knowing about permissions is useful to an editor
- what copyright covers for different types of content
- how to apply for copyright permissions
- how to organise the information that you accumulate.
Note: This course details aspects of law as they pertain to the activity of copyright clearance. It gives guidance on the principles and procedures involved. However, it is not legal advice. Should you have any concerns or queries about the copyright of specific material, please consult your legal team.
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- 1 WHAT IS COPYRIGHT? – INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 COPYRIGHT AND WHAT IT COVERS
- Exercise 1: Copyright scenarios
- Exercise 1: How did you get on?
- 1.2 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
- Exercise 2: Fair use, out of copyright or public domain?
- Exercise 2: How did you get on?
- 1.3 OTHER RELEVANT LEGISLATION
- Exercise 3: Other relevant legislation
- Exercise 3: How did you get on?
- 1.4 COPYRIGHT TERMINOLOGY
- Exercise 4: Copyright terminology
- Exercise 4: How did you get on?
- 1.5 WHY IS KNOWING ABOUT PERMISSIONS USEFUL TO AN EDITOR?
- 2 WHAT DOES COPYRIGHT COVER? – INTRODUCTION
- 2.1 PRINTED TEXT AND IMAGES
- Exercise 5: Copyright research
- Exercise 5: How did you get on?
- 2.2 WEB TEXT AND IMAGES
- Exercise 6: Using material from Microsoft
- Exercise 6: How did you get on?
- 2.3 DATABASES
- 2.4 IMAGES, PHOTOGRAPHS, PICTURES, ILLUSTRATONS, GRAPHICS
- Exercise 7: Find the rights holders
- Exercise 7: How did you get on?
- 2.5 OTHER MEDIA
- 3 CLEARING PERMISSIONS - THE PROCESS: AN INTRODUCTION
- 3.1 THE CLEARANCE DECISION
- Exercise 8 : What needs to be cleared?
- Exercise 8: How did you get on?
- 3.2 RIGHTS HOLDERS AND HOW TO FIND THEM
- Exercise 9: Who holds the rights?
- Exercise 9: How did you get on?
- 3.3 DEFINING RIGHTS
- Exercise 10: What rights should I request?
- Exercise 10: How did you get on?
- 3.4 PAYMENT
- Exercise 11: A permissions scenario
- Exercise 11: How did you get on?
- 3.5 USING A PERMISSIONS EDITOR
- 4 CLEARING PERMISSIONS - ADMINISTRATION: INTRODUCTION
- 4.1 KEEPING RECORDS
- Exercise 12: Keeping records
- Exercise 12: How did you get on?
- 4.2 PERMISSION REQUESTS
- Exercise 13: Permission requests
- Exercise 13: How did you get on?
- 4.3 LICENCES AND CONTRACTS
- Exercise 14: Copyright licences
- Exercise 14: How did you get on?
- 4.4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Exercise 15: Acknowledgements
- Exercise 15: How did you get on?