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Online, (CET 3.30pm-5.00pm, EST 9.30am-11.00am, GMT 2.30pm-4.00pm).
This online course provides an essential introduction to copyright law and how it is used in practice for anyone involved with international digital and in print copyright issues. Delegates will gain an understanding of the legal
publishing landscape, and be able to make sense of their own organization’s contracts and licences.
Programme:
- What exactly is copyright: who owns it and who can enforce it?
- Moral rights: what they are and how they affect publishers
- International copyright framework: how it all fits
- Managing permissions: what to ask and what to record
- When you don’t need permission: ‘Fair dealing’ and ‘Fair use’ provisions
- Making permissions easier: blanket licences, bilateral agreements and outsourcing
- Introduction to Creative Commons and other online licences.
Format:
- Pre-course reading/exercises
- Comprehensive delegate pack
- One and a half hour interactive online workshop
- Post course exercises marked by our tutor
- 48 hour email follow up with the tutor
- Certificate on completion of all elements.
What will you learn?
Understand the principles of copyright and how it works in an international digital and print environment; ensure that the moral rights of creators are upheld; understand permission systems and best use of Reproduction Rights Organizations (RROs) and outsourcing;
understand the basics of online licensing in an open access or subscription-based environment.
Delegate comments:
"Thanks for running a great training course on Copyright. I wasn’t expecting it to be so interesting! It was really fascinating and I enjoyed it." Anon
"Course tutors extremely knowledgeable and approachable. I’ve left the course feeling well informed and confident.” Laura Longworth, Channel View Publications
Who should attend (Level 1):
People starting out in a rights or licensing role or with one to two years’ publishing experience in editorial and production functions in large and small organizations.
Other ALPSP Events you may be interested in:
ALPSP Conference and Awards 2019, 11-13 September, Old Windsor, UK -
Booking closes on 23 August - for more information and to book visit
https://events.bizzabo.com/alpsp19
Discussion & Networking: Communicating the Value of your Publishing Program, 23 September, Washington DC
Introduction to Sales Management in Scholarly Publishing: Selling to libraries, academics and institutions, 24 September, London
In-house training
ALPSP members: if you are unable to attend an open training course then we can bring the course to you as in-house training. Contact
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+44 (0) 1865 247776.
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Want to take advantage of reduced member rates on training and many other benefits of membership? visit
https://www.alpsp.org/How-to-Join to find out how your organization
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Diane French
Learned Publisher Administrator
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
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