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January 2024: new works in the public domain, good tidings for images, and a...
Happy 2024! The Wheatfield 1929 Raoul Dufy 1877-1953. Bequeathed by Mrs A.F. Kessler 1983 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T03564. This year is already an interesting one in terms of copyright. As with...
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How can AI help you with your systematic literature review? Reflections from...
Guest post by Veronica Parisi, Training and Clinical Support team, Cruciform Hub, UCL. Image by kjpargeter on Freepik. As the debate on the use of AI is becoming more and more widespread, a new blog by...
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‘Keeping it fair and honest’: how copyright exceptions can support your...
Square puzzle: Open Clipart, public domain. Text added by C. Daoutis. Fair Dealing Week (26 February to 1 March 2024) is an annual opportunity to highlight copyright exceptions and how you may rely on...
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Copyright myth #1: ‘free to access’ means ‘free to reuse’
This year we are marking Fair Dealing Week (26 February to 1 March 2024) with a series of blog posts addressing some copyright myths. Our first post starts with a simple but important message. ‘Free...
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Copyright myth #2: ‘Acknowledging a source removes the need for permission’
Image by Freepik. On the second day of Fair Dealing Week (26 February to 1 March 2024) we discuss a point that often comes up in copyright training sessions. ‘If I acknowledge the author, I don’t need...
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Copyright myth #3: ‘I can use materials without permission if the use is...
Free Clip Art, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. On day 3 of Fair Dealing Week (26 February to 1 March 2024) we discuss another aspect of ‘fair dealing’ when using copyright materials:...
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Copyright myth #4: the appeal of set percentages.
Image by Freepik. So far this Fair Dealing Week we have addressed a few common beliefs around what is ‘fair’ when using copyright materials. It is often thought, for example, that as long as the source...
View ArticleWrapping up fair dealing week 2024: what next?
This Fair Dealing Week is coming to a close. This blog has clarified a few points on copyright, copyright exceptions and fair dealing: ‘Free to access’ does not necessarily mean ‘free to reuse’. In...
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Copyright and your research: new series on UCL Open Science blog
Image by Freepik. How does understanding copyright support your research activities, from including copyright materials in a thesis or article to negotiating publishing contracts to text and data...
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Developing a Copyright Literacy Community at UCL
Copyright literacy – the ‘knowledge, skills and behaviours that individuals require when working with copyright content in the digital age’ (Morrison and Secker, 2015) – is an essential part of...
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How does copyright apply to AI-generated works? Read our guest post in the Copyright and Open Science series. If you have any questions on copyright, please contact copyright@ucl.ac.uk. You may also be...
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Copyright literacy matters: developing a copyright literacy strategy at UCL
If you are a student or a member of staff at UCL, you can shape how UCL approaches copyright literacy. We seek your views on a UCL Copyright Literacy Strategy. The draft strategy outlines a vision for...
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