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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. 9

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