Intellectual Property
Section 2
The Copyright Hub (www.copyrighthub.co.uk) contains a lot of
straightforward information about copyright, including on how to get
permission to use text, images, music or video and how to protect your
copyright. Some of the information is targeted at academia. JISC Legal also
has an Essentials Guide on Copyright Law which provides readers with a
direct, point-by-point guide on copyright law and its application to Further
and Higher Education (www.jisclegal.ac.uk/ManageContent/ViewDetail/
ID/2028/Copyright-Law-Essentials-14-April-2011.aspx)
Moral rights
These are personal rights which belong to the creator (e.g. the writer)
of a copyright work. They include the right for the creator to be identified
as such. This right has to be asserted by the creator to be effective. In other
words, you have to say expressly that you want to be identified as the
author. Creators also have the personal right not to have their work altered
in a derogatory manner and not to have the work of somebody else falsely
attributed to them. These rights do not have to be asserted. You cannot
transfer your moral rights, but you can waive them, though there is no
reason why you should automatically do this. Moral rights do not arise
in relation to any work created in the course of your employment which
belongs to your employer or in computer software.
Performers' rights
There are certain rights given to performers to stop things like "bootlegging".
Rights in performances cover not only dramatic, musical and literary reading
but also things like circus acts. It does not cover sport itself. A performer
can stop unauthorised recordings or live broadcasts and dealings in
unauthorised recordings.
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