[Advisory] Re: [Primary] Re: [Secondary] UK Consultation on Copyright and Education

[ian.lynch@theingots.org]

> The only answer is to turn the copyright legislation on its head and
> to state very clearly that material that is not provided with
> appropriate copyright for use in education, will be completely ignored
> by educators and learners. It is time for the users to set copyright
> terms, not the suppliers.

I think we need to start teaching about copyright and associated licensing
much more explicitly. It is the license that really is the issue. Creative
Commons is a well established system for licensing things with varying
degrees of restriction. Share-alike does what it says on the tin.

> The terms and conditions that you come across in many web resources
> are completely unworkable for schools and learners. Try looking at a
> few. There is no way this can be resolved from the supplier end, it
> will have to be resolved from the user end.

If the license issued by the owner of the copyright is restrictive,
legally there is nothing end users can do - except not use the products
and look for products that have appropriate licenses.

 For instance, LT Scotland
> DICTATE what the copyright terms and conditions will be for things
> they licence nationally. The whole education community should do
> similarly.

Well, the government could have said it would only accept liberally
licensed stuff for Curriculum on-line but it didn't. Government can put
pressure on copyright holders but it can't force them to produce stuff
under any particular license.

> There are essentially only 3 copyright terms that matter:
>
> - you can look at it but not do anything else with it.
>
> - you can copy and re-purpose it within the defined community of a an
> educational institution (but the community of the institution can only
> be defined by the institution itself)
>
> - it is creative commons and you can copy and re-purpose it to your
> heart's content provided source is acknowledged.

Creative Commons licenses are not just as defined above, there are a range
of CC licenses to suit different circumstances.

The INGOT community site generally uses CC Share alike explanation here
might help people new to copyright http://theingots.org/community/legal



> Roger.
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> On 10 Feb 2010, at 11:15, theo kuechel wrote:
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>> Paul, Colleagues;
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>> This is very timely, urgent and probably of greater significance
>> than the many technologies we often discuss, (including  iPads,
>> Interactive whiteboards, Web 2.0 applications or VLEs); the outcomes
>> of this consultation are likely to determine how we are allowed to
>> use our digital tools, access digital content and by default,
>> determine the opportunities we afford our learners. These outcomes
>> will shape the future culture of learning for the foreseeable future
>> and permeate all educational uses of ICT including distance
>> learning, mobile technologies, student work in digital format and
>> the sharing and development of teacher created resources.
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>> Having read Marshall's synopsis and then the re-read the documents
>> it appears there is some urgent work to be done. Leon Cych has
>> created a copy of Gower's recommendations for educational exceptions
>> here, to which we can add comments /annotations. Please email Leon
>> for access.
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>> It  think is important we have that debate and I personally look
>> forward to reading the Nacce community views, and hopefully. as you
>> suggest, we can start to develop a Naace response. I am surprised
>> there is no Naace working group on this?
>>
>> Best
>> Theo
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>> On 5 February 2010 21:38, Paul Springford
>> <paul.springford@naace.org> wrote:
>> Colleagues
>>
>> Many of you will already have read in the latest Naace newsletter
>> Marshal Mateer's article about an important consultation with
>> implications for UK schools. Did you already know about the
>> Intellectual Property Office (IPO), "the official government body
>> responsible for granting Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the
>> United Kingdom"? Possibly not. It's their consultation and it deals
>> in part with copyright in education in a digital age.
>>
>> We firmly expect that members will wish to discuss the implications
>> for our schools and colleges here on Naacetalk. We are looking for a
>> volunteer to coordinate the discussion and use it as the basis of a
>> Naace response to the IPO. Any offers please to
>> paul.springford@naace.co.uk
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>> --
>> Theo Kuechel
>> Learning Technology Research
>> theo.kuechel@gmail.com
>> T.Kuechel@hull.ac.uk
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