Research Week: Copyright, Commercialisation and IP Research Week: Copyright, Commercialisation and IP  opyright for postgraduate students and researchers

Research Week: Copyright Research Week: Copyright for postgraduate students and researchers Knowing your rights and responsibilities policies-guidelines/copyright-and-uts

UTS: LIBRARY  COPYRIGHT 3 Copyright material is protected by law: it allows rights and protection to owners of copyright material Copyright law also permits people to use limited amounts of copyright material for specific purposes (eg, research, study, criticism) In many cases, UTS staff, students and researchers can copy or communicate certain copyright material free of royalty charges Copyright at UTS :Copyright at UTS : Copyright basics 101

UTS: LIBRARY  COPYRIGHT 4 Copyright at UTS :Copyright at UTS : Copyright basics 102 Fair Dealing provision allows any student or researcher to copy a ‘reasonable portion’ of copyright material (see Fact Sheet) Onus on the student or researcher to use appropriate amount Must acknowledge the author and source Fair Dealing is permitted for specific purposes (eg research, criticism), but not for commercial purposes (such as publishing your work)

UTS: LIBRARY  COPYRIGHT 5 UTS IP Policy & Copyright UTS Intellectual Property policy sets out conditions for ownership of copyright material created at UTS (s5.1.6) In most cases students retain copyright over their work (UTS reserves a right to keep a copy; thesis copy to Library) In certain cases UTS will assert ownership: joint work with a supervisor; work resulting from substantial contribution/use of UTS resources; work created from existing UTS IP or from funding obtained by UTS A student participating in creating UTS IP will share in commercialisation revenues (more later)

UTS: LIBRARY  COPYRIGHT 6 What does this mean for researchers and students? You own copyright in your theses and original research Material you use in your work - such as images, photos, text, tables, diagrams, interviews etc from other sources - is also protected by copyright You can use limited amounts of those material for research (as per Fact Sheet) However, if you aim to publish - you will need permission to use most copyright material

UTS: LIBRARY  COPYRIGHT 7 Using copyright material in theses and research publications (Publishing your work)Publishing your work Even where using small amounts (eg. quotes or extracts comprising less than 1% of a work) you may need permission to use other people’s copyright material in your thesis or research papers Fair Dealing exceptions may not apply, unless you can show genuine critical analysis of the work A publisher will require an author to sign that permission has been obtained for copyright material used in the work This includes PHD and Honours theses lodged with UTS Library (eg Digital Theses)

UTS: LIBRARY  COPYRIGHT 8 Some other publishing considerations in using copyright material Requirements can vary between publishers –check their Author guidelines –as a guide, publishers require permission for quotes from as little as words from a single source –don’t use unauthorised material (eg. unattributed images from web) –check terms and conditions when using material from the web or licenced tools (eg. databases) Attribution/Acknowledging author and source is always required

UTS: LIBRARY  COPYRIGHT 9 Using Surveys, Interviews, Oral History Survey instruments and tools –may need permission to use material obtained via a survey instrument (eg. survey questions) –follow terms and conditions of use eg material available for teaching may not be available for research purposes or publication Interviews and Oral histories –both the interviewer and interviewee can have copyright ownership (joint or separate) –check with identified copyright owner if they hold entire copyright over the material

UTS: LIBRARY  COPYRIGHT 10 Ownership of copyright material Usually the author/creator of the work –Unless signed over to someone else (eg. publisher) Employer usually owns copyright in work made by employees as part of their duties Copyright owner can assign (sell) rights or licence (rent) rights –eg author assigns copyright to publisher –eg author licences company to perform script for a limited period of time Publishers will often require an author to assign copyright to them - but this can be negotiated –eg JISC (see Copyrighttoolbox/authors/licence)

UTS: LIBRARY  COPYRIGHT 11 Finding the copyright owner No register of Copyright owners Check for © [author, date] symbol – helps trace copyright owner Copyright ownership may have been transferred - Publishers often copyright owners Collecting societies and professional organisations often have information on copyright owners (See Links and Resources on UTS Copyright site) For website ownership check Terms and Conditions or About or see Webmaster section (no citation information on the site could indicate material is online without permission)

UTS: LIBRARY  COPYRIGHT 12 Seeking Permission to use copyright material Permission must be from the legitimate copyright owner For information on requesting permission, see Publishing your student work Fact Sheet A few tips: – is the most convenient method –Be clear about the material you wish to use and how it will be used in your work –Allow plenty of time: you may need to make several enquiries to locate the copyright owner –Keep written records (enquiries, permission received)

UTS: LIBRARY  COPYRIGHT 13 Copyright enquiries …. Web  Copyright Matthew Noble - - Phone