Copyright & Oxford

OUCS 4 Nov 2009

What is intellectual property?

Varieties of intellectual property

• Copyright

• Patents

• Trademarks

• Designs

• Know-how

• etc

What is copyright?

• Unregistered • Fixed• Covers literary material, art works, photographs,

music, films, sound recordings, software• Must be substantial• Gives right to copy, adapt, rent, publish

What are moral rights?

• To be identified as the author• To object to derogatory treatment• To not be falsely identified as author

What’s in a podcast?

• © Slide-deck• © Spoken lecture or commentary• © Sound or video recording• Performance rights • Moral rights

Who owns copyright?

• Author

• Performer

• Producer

• Contractor

• Author’s employer

Whose work does Oxford claim?

• Employees (Academic and non-Academic) • Students• External contractors

What work does Oxford claim?

• “works generated by computer hardware or software owned or operated by the University”

• “films, videos, multimedia works, typographical arrangements, field and laboratory notebooks, and other works created with the aid of university facilities”

• Specifically commissioned work

What does Oxford not claim?

• artistic works, books, articles, plays, lyrics, scores, or lectures, apart from those specifically commissioned by the University;

• audio or visual aids to the giving of lectures

• For gory details see http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/790-121.shtml