Copyright Essentials [TG2/Copyright]
This fundamental course is perfect for anybody who needs an introduction to the basic copyright principles and/or is reproducing, creating, sharing, publishing, commissioning or digitising content. This session will help you to understand how you can protect and use your rights, as well as on what basis you can use content created by others.
Other forms of intellectual property will also be briefly outlined.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the basics of copyright, its duration, what is protected and who owns what rights.
- Discuss the different types of copyright-protected works and how copyright fits within the broader family of Intellectual Property Rights.
- Explore the exceptions to copyright and how these might be relevant to your context.
- Learn how to deal with copyright infringements.
- Consider the role of licences in the context of copyright.
- Discuss Creative Commons licences and funders requirements.
- Gain an overview of specific copyright issues associated with social media and risks associated in their use.
- Explore ‘orphan works’ and understand how to manage them.
This workshop will take place over 2 afternoons: Wednesday 26th November, 1.30-5pm, and Thursday 27th November, 1.30-5pm.
Trainer:
Naomi Korn is one of the UK’s leading experts in copyright, data protection and licensing. She has supported the cultural, heritage, charity, education and private sectors since 1999.
As an experienced course developer and trainer, Naomi has led hundreds of workshops, seminars and conference/webinar presentations. Naomi is a visiting lecturer at several Universities, including the MA in Curating Art and Public Programmes run by the Whitechapel Art Gallery and London South Bank University, a course tutor and lecturer on the MSC in IP and Creative Industries at the University of Edinburgh (2022-2023), as well as lecturing on information law compliance at UCL, the University of York and the University of the West of England. She has also regularly lectured on IP and business, at Kingston University Business School. Naomi currently teaches on an evening course for Art Professionals at City University and curates and chairs the programme for the annual CILIP Copyright Conference.
From 2013-17 Naomi was Chair of the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA). During this period, she led the reform of the UK’s copyright laws on behalf of the cultural heritage sector, resulting in new UK exceptions to copyright in 2014. In 2017, she was also appointed a CREATe Industry Fellow and in 2020, Naomi was awarded the prestigious CILIP K&IM Walford Award for her outstanding contribution to knowledge and information management. .
Naomi has been a Trustee of CILIP from 2015–17, and in April 2023, joined the Editorial Board of Archives and Records: The Journal of the Archives and Records Association.
Naomi is the author (or co-author) of several books, articles and sectorial guides including: Copyright: A Practical Guide (2015) and (with Prof. Charles Oppenheim and Prof. Adrienne Muir) Information Law Compliance: Compliance for Librarians, Information Professionals and Knowledge Managers (2020)
Information for joining:
- This session is virtual and will run via Zoom. Once your booking has been confirmed, joining instructions will be emailed the day before the event.
- The course trainer will provide CPD certification and certificate of completion to all attendees. Electronic cpd25 attendance certificates can also be provided on request: please request via cpd25@london.ac.uk.
Cost
£45.00 members
£90.00 for other institutions.
This course will be run over two afternoons, each lasting 3.5 hours. Fees cover the cost of attending both afternoons.
Cancellations less than one week before the event will be charged a 50% cancellation fee. In the event of a ‘no-show’ on the day, the full fee will be charged.
To book a place, please use our online booking form, including a purchase order number.