Jorum Legal
This page hosts a selection of links and documentation relating to legal and licensing issues.
Jorum Licences
Institutions need to sign the Jorum Deposit Licence in order to get access to Jorum Contributor.
In order to give staff access to Jorum User, institutions must sign up to the Jorum User Licence at the Jorum JISC Collections site.
There are also Terms and Conditions for Users and Contributors.
Jorum Deposit Licence Fact Sheet
The Jorum Team have produced a Jorum Deposit Licence Fact Sheet explaining how the Deposit Licence works. It is a useful summary aimed at potential Contributors.
Jorum Procedures to deal with Queries, Alerts and Complaints
This document outlines the procedure to be followed by Jorum upon receipt of a query, alert or complaint. On reciept of a complaint, the Notice and takedown procedure is invoked and details of this can be found under "Section 3: Complaints".
Jorum Contributor Guidance Materials: Rights
This 'Rights Guide' document offers a best practice guide to attaching intellectual property rights information to resources uploaded to Jorum.
Useful Links
Intellectual Property Rights in Networked E-Learning, John Casey (2006).
The author covers negotiating with third party rights holders, licences and also clearing rights, see sections 3, 4, 5.
Intellectual Rights Clearance On The Internet; A QA Focus Document, UKOLN (2004).
This document provides guidelines on gaining copyright clearance for using third party works within your own project.
Getting Practical with IPR in E-Learning, John Casey (2006).
Getting Practical with IPR in E-learning covers the potentially difficult and complex area at the intersection of technology, education, and the law.
The Interactive Media Industry, Intellectual Property Rights, the Internet and Copyright, TrustDR (2006).
This briefing document offers Lessons from the TrustDR Project. Note: This document is offered under a Creative Commons License (Attribution 2.5 UK: Scotland).
Intellectual Property Rights Publications
JISC Legal have provided an excellent range of documents covering many IPR issues.
Intellectual Property Rights in e-Learning Programmes: good practice guidance for senior managers, HEFCE (2006).
This is a good practice guide for higher education institutions on the management of IPR in e learning programmes.
JISC Collections - Online Copyright Activity, James Clay (2007).
This activity, [accessible only from .ac.uk institutions] is intended to inform and educate practitioners in the FE and HE sectors about using copyrighted material in a digital online environment and the role of JISC Collections (and the JISC Model licence) in the provision of solutions to these issues.
