Further intellectual property rights resources

Intellectual property rights can be a contentious and overly legal topic. For most researchers, tricky copyright issues rarely arise. If you wish to read more on rights we have collated a number of useful resources.

Legislation

• Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)

• The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003

• The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997

• Reuse of Public Sector Information Directive 2003/98/EC

• Freedom of Information Act

• The Environmental Information Regulations 2004

Guidelines

• UK Copyright Law Factsheet P-01 produced by UK Copyright Service

• Data Sharing for Statistical Purposes, a Practitioners' Guide to the Legal Framework produced by The Office for National Statistics

• Copyright and Digital Images produced by Jisc Digital Media

• The Little Guide to Copyright produced by Jisc Digital Media

• Jisc/TLTP Copyright Guidelines produced by Jisc/TLTP copyright working group

• IPR and Licensing issues in Derived Data by Naomi Korn, Charles Oppenheim and Charles Duncan

• Intellectual Property Rights for Digital Preservation by Andrew Charlesworth

Websites

• UK Intellectual Property Office

• The Copyright Licensing Agency

• Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance

• Creative Commons

Books

• Padfield, T. (2010) Copyright for Records Managers and Archivists, London: Facet Publishing, 4th edition

• Pedley, P. (2003) Essential Law for Information Professionals, London: Facet Publishing

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