Learn Engage Create Module: IPR for the Creative Industries "Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on." - Tim Berners-Lee This project has been funded with support from the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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Learn Engage CreateModule: IPR for the Creative Industries
"Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on." - Tim Berners-Lee
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme.This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may
be made of the information contained therein.
The Disclaimer!
This training material concerns intellectual property and business strategies only in general terms.
This training material should not be relied upon when taking specific business or legal decisions. Rather, professional advice should be obtained which suits the circumstances in question.
IPR for the creative industries
• Introduction• Case study: the making of a documentary
• It can be protected!• Sign-post your work with a copyright notice• In case of dispute, businesses need to show
evidence they were the original creators of the work
• Other preventative measures: e.g. booby traps
Confidentiality
• Concerned with secrets – does not apply to information already in the public domain.
• Can apply to any type of IP or know-how, eg: drawings, techniques, formulae, and data of all types.
• Circumstances must suggest an obligation of confidence.
• Simply marking a document with ‘PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL’ is not enough.
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Establishing confidentiality• Can be imposed via agreement, but is also
implied into many relationships.• Agreements should be put
in place with third parties before work starts.
• Be careful when sending ideas by email!
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Breach of confidentiality
• Breach if other party uses information for own benefit or discloses without consent.
• Penalties: injunction and (financial) damages.
Important clauses
• Define the confidential information.• Explain clearly the purpose of disclosure.• Limit sharing outside meetings.• Non-disclosure and non-compete clauses.• Set clear parameters for what is and what isn’t
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IPR for the creative industries
• Introduction• Case study: the making of a documentary
• Copyright: ownership and length of protection• Consider exceptions• Trade mark (registered and unregistered)• Get a license for the use of all IP protected elements
in the film• Collective Licensing Societies• Orphan works
Copyright: ownership and length of protection
• The author or creator of an original work automatically owns copyright – even if the work was commissioned.
• The employer owns copyright if the work was created in the course of the employment
• In general, in the EU, the term of protection is the life of the author + 70 years; or for anonymous works, 70 years from publication or creation (if unpublished).
Case study: Clearing rights
• Copyright: ownership and length of protection• Consider exceptions• Trade mark (registered and unregistered)• Get a license for the use of all IP protected elements
in the film• Collective Licensing Societies• Orphan works
Copyright: You may – with caution!!
Permitted acts: Fair dealing• Research and private study (non-commercial)• Criticism or review (with sufficient acknowledgment)• Reporting of current events
Others:• Incidental inclusion• Images of public buildings and sculptures
Case study: Clearing rights
• Copyright: ownership and length of protection• Consider exceptions• Trade mark (registered and unregistered)• Get a license for the use of all IP protected elements
in the film• Collective Licensing Societies• Orphan works
Trade mark (registered and unregistered)
A trade mark has to be capable of
• distinguishing the goods or services of one competitor from another.
• It’s registered so you don’t have to prove you are the rightful owner
• You can enforce it.• Use ® to show it’s registered.• No limit of protection• Use it or lose it.
Unregistered trade marks
• ‘Common law’ trade marks• Arise automatically on creation• Little harmonisation in the EU• Protection is limited• What it protects• Duration
Case study: Clearing rights
• Copyright: ownership and length of protection• Consider exceptions• Trade mark (registered and unregistered)• Get a license for the use of all IP protected elements
in the film• Collective Licensing Societies• Orphan works
Licensing
• All IP rights are assets that have a value
• Like any other property, they can be sold, rented, left in a will, given away…
• License agreements are contracts between the owner of the property (the “licensor”) and the party that is granted user rights (the “licensee”)
Licensing agreements are contracts
• verbal (informal)• written (formal)• implied (informal)
Key clauses
• Duration• Exclusive/non-exclusive• Territory• Field of usage• Payment• Termination clause
Some notes on licensing• A licensee may use IP rights without infringing
the licensor’s IP right• Corporate copyright• Mass licensing of software• Cross-licensing• Digital rights• Compulsory license• Creative Commons
Case study: Clearing rights
• Copyright: ownership and length of protection• Consider exceptions• Trade mark (registered and unregistered)• Get a license for the use of all IP protected elements
in the film• Collective Licensing Societies• Orphan works
Why do we need collective licensing societies?
• Make it easy for copyright work to be copied and used in public without infringing the right of the author.
• Authors are spared the hassle to collect licensing fees from individual members of the public, who would like to copy their work.
• They may play an important role in digital rights management in the future
Copyright: Collective Licensing Societies
Collecting society
Users(e. g. radio stations, book-editors, TV-Broadcast stations etc.)
Right holders(e. g. authors, performers, publishers, producers, etc.)Transfer of
rights management
Grant of licences
Remuneration
Licence fees
What else do they do?
• Surveillance of users, legal measures against non-paying users.
• Protection and promotion of authors’/copyright owners’ rights.
• Social insurance for authors• Compulsory levies on hardware and blank media (e.g.
blank CDs, copy machines, faxes, PCs, etc.) for private and personal use (commercial use is charged extra)
Who needs to contact them?
• Companies
• Copyright holders
International umbrella organisations
• CISAC: Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d’ auteurs et Compositeurs
• BIEM: Bureau International des Sociétés gérant les Droits d’ Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mécanique
• IFPI: International Association of Records Industries• GESAC: Groupement Européen des Sociétés d’
Auteurs et Compositeurs• EVA: European Visual Artists
Case study: Clearing rights
• Copyright: ownership and length of protection• Consider exceptions• Trade mark (registered and unregistered)• Get a license for the use of all IP protected elements
in the film• Collective Licensing Societies• Orphan works
Orphan works
• Work in copyright whose owner is unidentified or untraceable making it impossible to get consent to use the work
• Legislation yet to be defined
• Due diligence search necessary
Case study: The making of a documentary
Film maker
Production company
Broad caster
License agreements – don’t forget digital rights!
IPR for the creative industries
• Introduction• Case study: the making of a documentary
Further extensive material, case studies, exercises, links and more can be found on www.lec-project.eu
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme.This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which