Lesson 7 Part 1 | eLearning &Copyright
1.Problems for the Rights holder
Loss of control of material
Unattributed use
Loss of potential income
- Intellectual property
creations of the mind:
2 categories
Industrial property
inventions (patents)
trademarks
industrial designs
geographic indications of source
use of GI may act as certification that it has specific qualities,made by traditional methods or reputation due location
copyright
Literary works
novels
poems
plays
musical
artictic works
drawings
paintings
photos
architecture/sculptures
and also
performing artists
broadcasters in their radio and tv
Grey areas/not clarified
innovation and creative expressions of indigenous and local communities are also IP
Genetic material is any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin containing functional units of heredity
Sri Lanka
For copyrights
Copyright means the rights given
by law to the creators for
their literary and artistic works
economic rights
right to reproduce/sell/rent/distribute/translate/to public
Moral rights
right to claim the authorship and right to oppose distortion work.
whats covered?
writings such as books, computer programs, articles
oral works such as speeches and lectures, dramas, musical works, films
drawings, paintings and photographs
databases and translation
who owns?
author is the owner of economic rights
exceptions such as a work
created by an employee generally
belongs to the employer
moral rights always belong to the author
economic rights can be
protected during the life of the author and 70 years after his death
Administration
owners form an organization which acts on their behalf in licensing the rights, collecting fees, monitoring use and infringement of rights and enforcement of rights
Copyright is free and automatic
assigned > sell
licensed
grant permission:one-time, nonexclusive basis.
Making a copy of your work
Distribution copies of your work
Renting or lending copies of your work
Communicating the work to the public
Making the work available to the public
terms
“Copyright notice"
A written phrase or symbol (©) informing of copyright ownership (not necessarily required).
“All rights reserved
A common copyright notice declaring that no usage rights exist (not necessarily required)
Creative Commons
some rights reserved.
👤 Attribution have to give credit
$ ❌ Non commerical
= No derivative works
Share alike
Fair Use of a copyrighted work
criticism
comment
news reporting
teaching
research
Public Domain
has no copyright owner
Software Licensing
GNU Free software means that the software's users have freedom
copyleft
No matter how the software is distributed, it remains free
GPL code can be sold, but no proprietary software can be derived from it
Apache: code under the license can be used in open, free and proprietary software