INFO2009 - Group 15 - Copyright, Patents and Trademarks

Set of lecture notes and interactive questions on Copyright, Patents and Trademarks

Copyright and DRM

A slideshow and an accompanying audio podcast about DRM and piracy, and a poster advertising them

INFO2009 - Group 10 - An Interactive Quiz on Copyright

A mixture of formats is used as a teaching resorce: animated videos, questions, short graphic novel

Copyright Free Images - Physical Chemistry

These images have been created for use in Physical Chemistry slides to overcome copyright issues when recording lectures. They are free to use without restrictions, although we do not accept responsibility for any errors in the images. Please let us know if you spot any errors, though! Please view the catalogue document for a description of the images. We intend to add to this collection on an ongoing basis. Check back for updates. Current content - 43 images. Last update: August 31st 2011

INFO2009 - Group 14: DRM & Copyright

A short video about DRM & Copyright (with chins).

Intellectual Property, Copyright and the Web

Some material used with permission from Frank Bott

Las tecnologías "PEER-TO-PEER" los derechos de autor y el "COPYRIGHT"

William Murray fue un jurista singular. Con el nombre literario de Lord Mansfield, creó para su época y para la posteridad una expresión inolvidable: ―Una persona puede usar una copia tocándola, pero no tiene ningún derecho a robarle al autor los beneficios multiplicando las copias y disponiendo de ellas para su propio uso‖1 . En esa opinión se apoyó para decidir el memorable caso de Millar v. Taylor2, donde por primera vez se sostuvo que los derechos de autor son perpetuos y nunca entran a hacer parte del dominio público. La disputa involucraba a Andrew Millar, un vendedor de libros que, en 1729, adquirió los derechos de edición sobre ‗The Seasons’, un poema de James Thomson. Cuando la protección de esos derechos expiró, Robert Taylor comenzó a publicar sus propias copias y a competir con Millar.

Copyright issues on the protection of architectural works and designs

Architects and engineers depend on copyright law to protect their original works. Copyright protection is automatic once a tangible medium of expression in any form of an innovative material, conforming the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, is created. In terms of architectural works, they are protected as literary works (design drawings and plans) and as artistic works (the building or model of the building). The case law on the concept of “originality” however discloses that it may be difficult for certain artistic works of architecture to achieve copyright protection. Although copyright law provides automatic protection to all original architectural plans, the limitation is that it only protects the expression of ideas but not the ideas themselves. The purpose of this research is to explore how effective the UK’s copyright law regime is for protecting the rights and interests of architects in their works. In addition, the United States system of copyright law will be analysed to determine whether it provides more effective protection for architects and engineers with regard to architectural works. The key objective in carrying out this comparison is to compare and contrast the extent to which the two systems protect the rights and interests of architects against copyright infringement. This comparative analysis concludes by considering the possibility of copyright law reform in the UK.