Lesson 7 Part 1 | eLearning &Copyright

1.Problems for the Rights holder

Loss of control of material

Unattributed use

Loss of potential income

  1. 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