Naomi Korn : Activity

Web2.0 and copyright workshop - few places left

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:22:57 GMT

The Web2Rights project (www.Web2Rights.org.uk) will be running a Web2.0 and IP focus group on the 7^th April in Leeds from 11:00 – 3:00. The meeting is intended for representatives from U & I projects The intentions of the meeting are to enable project representatives to:

Become familiar with the broad copyright and other related IP issues that might affect your project
Engage with possible solutions and develop strategies to deal with the issues that may arise
Encounter the resources available through the JISC funded Web2Rights project to support Web2.0 and IP engagement
Flag up to the Web2Rights team the need for the development of other resources that your
project may need
Test run the new Web2Rights website/interactive functionality
Raise issues and questions that you may have surrounding IP issues and copyright
Network with other projects who may be encountering similar issues

We have a few places left so please contact me at: naomi@naomikorn.com for further info if you (or a representative from your project) would like to attend

We'll show you ours if you show us yours!

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:44:55 GMT

We are gearing up for the launch of our interactive graphics to help navigate around the world of identification of rights, and then the management of them/dealing with permissions. This innovative funcationality will overlay the IP tools that we have been merrily creating over the last few months that are sitting on our website, and provide a much needed platform for navigation. We hope to have these ready for soft launch at our next Web2.0 and IP on 7th April. With the thought in mind of "we'll show you ours if you show us yours", we wanted to request process charts/graphics that U&I Phase II projects have put together themselves illustrating what your projects are doing so that we can start picking out where ever possible critical points where IPR/licensing needs to be dealt with and making sure that 1) We can help projects wherever possible 2) We haven;t missed creating something critical that you may need. We saw many beautiful charts forming the posters at the York meeting, a well as those created as one slide powerpoint - we would love to lay our hands on them. You can send them straight over to me. With many thanks

Naomi

IP and Web2.0 Focus Group

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:59:31 GMT

The Web2Rights team is hooking up with Leeds Met to run a copyright and Web2.0 Focus Group meeting in Leeds on 7th April. The session will run from 11:00 - 3:00 and provide a space for test running all the IP resources that we have been creating, launching our new interactive graphics and providing a space for discussion about IP issues your projects may be facing. (We'll also throw in a free lunch - to tempt you along)! Drop me an email at: naomi@naomikorn.com to book a place and look forward to seeing you there. Our IP toolkit can be found at: www.web2rights.org.uk

Naomi

Music and copyright

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:53:55 GMT

Whilst carrying out some research for a newsletter which I compile for JISC, I came across the following news item, the full implication of which is pretty mind-blowing......

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7074786.stmA Canadian music site hosting thousands of out of copyright music scores and employing next generation technologies, has been forced to shut down. Although the site was compliant with copyright in Canada, where the duration of copyright is lifetime plus 50 years, the extra 20 years of copyright protection offered by European countries, the US etc (where copyright lasts for lifetime plus 70 years) meant that whilst the site was legal in Canada, Universal Edition, a music publisher maintained that it infringed copyright elsewhere.

“If Universal Edition is correct, then the public domain becomes an offline concept, since posting works online would immediately result in the longest copyright term applying on a global basis. Moreover, there are even broader implications for online businesses. According to Universal Edition, businesses must comply both with their local laws and with the requirements of any other jurisdiction where their site is accessible - in other words, the laws of virtually every country on earth.”

Web2.0 and IP

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:35:34 GMT

Next generation technologies are widespread in their application, deployment, development and adapation across HEIs and FEIs, however, there is little accessible guidance and acceptable standards relating to IP, licensing and rights management. This creates real risks and concerns for projects. In response to this, a couple of months ago, we kicked off our new JISC funded project Web2Rights www.web2rights.org.uk

Our project is a direct response for the need to build IP related resources, training and support for projects in their engagement with next generation technologies and we will be concentrating on building a tool kit that can be applied and support projects funded under JISC's Users and Innovation Strand, but also has the potential to be rolled out for greater applicability. We will also producing a mini survey on the use of open content licences, particulalrly Creative Commons, within this environment

In terms of project progress so far, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes. To help us scope out requirements for our work, we have produced an information gathering survey which can be found at: http://www.ssb.plymouth.ac.uk/surveys/WEb2Rights/ . This is an important aspect to our work, because it will provide us with information about the types of live rights issues that projects are encountering to enable us to then create suitable resources.

We are inviting any project/individual who is interacting with next generation technologies to complete our information gathering survey (it shouldn’t take more than about 5-10 minutes) so that we can create helpful IP support materials which are most needed.

We also have one place left on our Web2.0 and IP Focus Group meeting in London on 11th December 2007. You can contact me at naomi@naomikorn.com if you are interested in attending or have any questions about our project.

Please let us know if you have any thought or comments about our work and we look forward to engaging with you

Naomi