Licences are the tool used by rights holders to enable the reuse of their intellectual property assets. This detailed intermediary course provides a solid grounding in how licences are intrinsic to the use and the protection of copyright works.
Course learning objectives:
- Analyse the role of copyright licensing in different settings.
- Be able to describe the differences between transactional, open and collective licensing.
- Interrogate the function of collective licensing bodies, the types of rights holders and works they represent and the main principles underpinning their licences.
- Discuss open access licensing with specific reference to Creative Commons licences.
- Examine issues associated with eBook licensing.
- Understand importance of organisational documentation and sharing of information about copyright licences.
