- Do you know whether you are at risk of copyright piracy? Is your content at risk – or could you inadvertently find yourself infringing someone else’s copyright?
- What should you know about copyright and AI?
- When does the law allow you to use other people’s content without clearing permission?
- Do you need a copyright audit – plus tailored guidelines that can address your particular circumstances?
We offer audits and tailored guidelines focussed on the needs of your particular organisation, covering both the strategic and ‘how to’ aspects of copyright.
Carrying out a copyright audit is a very good way of assessing how well you are already managing the copyright materials you use, and identifying ways to reduce the risk that you might infringe copyright. Importantly, you can also protect your own content from being used in ways you don’t want and haven’t agreed to. Typically we follow up a copyright audit with a set of guidelines tailored to the needs and priorities of your organisation.
Copyright and AI. We have a particular interest in the connections between copyright and Artificial Intelligence, an area where publishing practice and legal challenges are both evolving fast.
- How risky is it to use AI-generated images in your publications or in e-learning?
- How should you credit such materials?
- Who – if anyone – owns the copyright?
Contact us if you are grappling with questions like these.
The practical application of copyright policy. It is so important for authors, publishers and anyone involved with content to be able to access clear, practical explanations about what copyright means for them. It can save so much time and effort if you have clear policies and guidelines for the situations that you and your colleagues encounter most frequently.
When can you use material without permission in academic publishing? Clare also specializes in the use of copyright exceptions in academic publishing. Top of the list is UK ‘fair dealing’ – what does the law say, and how it is actually used in practice? Clare examined this in her copyright Masters dissertation, focussed particularly on fair dealing for criticism or review, and also the newer fair dealing for quotation. What does this mean in practice? You can read Clare’s dissertation at: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/u2vja/
CASE STUDY
Download here: https://www.ukri.org/publications/guidance-on-managing-copyright-under-ukri-open-access-policy/
In 2023, Clare worked with leading copyright academics and UKRI staff to create UKRI’s Guidelines for the use of third-party copyright materials in Open Access monographs and edited collections.
We intentionally included some very practical recommendations which make it easier to assess and (if needed) clear permissions for content that is going to appear in Open Access publications.
