1. IPR Lessons Learned
Some Issues and Solutions
OER Showcase, London, 23 July 2010
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2. Hi!
• Jason Miles‐Campbell
JISC Legal Service Manager
• jason.miles‐campbell
@jisclegal.ac.uk
• 0141 548 4939
• www.jisclegal.ac.uk
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3. IPR and OER
• Issues:
• Complexities of CC interrelations
• Unintended consequences
• Ownership of academic IPR
• Taking decisions for others
• How to ask for everything for nothing
• OER with tears – crying into your patchwork quilt
• OER without tears – the future
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4. e 1 Understanding the CC Licences
Issu
• A learning curve for projects, creators
and rights holders
• The “not quite CC” syndrome
Solution
• Education and changing perceptions
• Understanding CC as permissions
• Understanding CC compatibilities etc
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5. e 2 The Patchwork Quilt
Issu
• A world of rich content and bright
lights... often means many licences
Solution
• Accepting limitations
• Changing approach to development
• Encouraging open, simple licensing
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6. e 3 Any Storm in a Port?
Issu
• Ported v unported licences
• Over focus on jurisdiction
Solution
• Recognising the audience
• Improved understanding of CC
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7. e 4 Let’s Get Risqué!
Issu
• Altruism, anarchy, openness,
transparency, copyright = copywrong
Solution
• Recognition of IPR risk in OER
• A low risk threshold?
• Champion risk‐free resources
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8. e 5 Yours, Mine, and Minefields
Issu
• Ownership of IPR in academic work
• Denial, and sensitivities
Solution
• Senior management buy‐in
• Staff and student buy‐in
• A diplomatic approach to OER
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9. e 6 Asking the World...
Issu
• Getting third party permissions
• The world isn’t changing fast enough
Solution
• Getting buy‐in (not just legal)
• Accept limits / alter current approach
• Wait
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10. OER Without (Legal) Tears
• Copyright isn’t going to change much
• Acceptance of the legal reality
• Be mindful of tensions and sensitivities
• Avoidance of complex licensing
• Focus on using useful building blocks
• Wait for the creative world to change
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