This flow chart surfaced through our Research and Data Management team who thought we’d get a kick out of it… YEP! We LOVE it! 🙂 Often people think that digitising a collection of material will be a wonderful way to give that collection the light of day and that is entirely true – As one […]
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Student Lectures vs Public Lectures – They are more different than you think!
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
We’ve all gotten very used to (hopefully!) what you can and cannot use copyright wise in student lectures or tutorials. Many people are unaware of the difference in giving that sort of lecture and a public lecture. We commonly hear that a public lecture is educational, so it’s okay to just cite the content right? Nope! […]
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So it’s come to my attention that there are some of you out there anxiously awaiting your printed coursepack for your students. Some of you are now maybe starting to think that your first month of classes is going to roll by without a coursepack for your students. If this is you – please don’t […]
There’s been a few things in the news this week that have caught my attention. Firstly, the release of Prince George of Cambridge’s first official royal baby photograph, taken by his grandfather, Michael Middleton. Now for those of you wondering why royal baby news has made it onto a copyright blog, you can thank the […]
So last week while we were talking about copyright and memes we thought we’d give you all some tips on how to protect your work in the digital wilderness. Piracy is rampant on the net, let’s be honest, and while you can never guarantee that your work won’t be lifted, there are things you can […]
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So, Astrid and I were talking about possible topics for today’s blog, and she suggested writing about this article: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2013/05/07/copyright-memes-and-the-perils-of-viral-content/ Being about internet culture and gaming, I was especially interested in it, but I wasn’t really sure about what the take-away message was. Wil: So, Astrid, what can we take away from the article? Astrid: I […]
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Last week this article from The Age (18/01/13) caught our eye: ‘We’re being screwed’: photographers and designers vent over ‘stolen’ images The Copyright Act gives creators rights and while it’s tragic to hear of creators well and truly losing out with their work being used without their permission and without acknowledgement and compensation, it is […]
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Since, we’re all easing back into things, we thought we’d run our Copyright & Teaching Info Session on Thursday the 7th of February to help you get on top of your teaching materials. The session will be virtual through Connect Pro- so all you need is a computer, a solid internet connection (uniwireless is no […]
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So the new year is here and we’re back and bright with copyright. To ease you back into copyright after the break, here are some news articles that came up that are worth a read. Marksta app – fighting for photography copyright Some of you may recall an earlier post of mine where I talked […]
One of the areas that we get a lot of questions about is using images from the web. It has certainly been the topic of many posts on this blog. Long time readers will be familiar with our advice about not just doing a Google search and using which ever image captures your imagination. You […]