BBC UK Centuryshare - IPR (Case study)
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OVERVIEW
This case study, commissioned by the Strategic Content Alliance as part of its IPR Toolkit is one of seven forming an analysis of publicly funded e-content initiatives, which demonstrate the flow of content, value and rights across the respective seven representatives of the Strategic Content Alliance (SCA) sponsors. The IPR Case Studies report co-ordinated by NaomiKorn Consulting is addressed to senior decision makers across public-sector bodies and aims at providing a coherent account of best practices of managing publicly funded e-content. It is licenced for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence.
Background
The BBC CenturyShare project is jointly funded by the JISC and the BBC Future Media and Technology, which is responsible for BBC’s digital presence. The CenturyShare project is based on “find, play and share”, which is one of the BBC’s Future Media and Technology strategies. The idea is to (a) find BBC’s content whether it is on or off the site (b) play - or enjoy - it and (c) share it to send it someone else, so that someone else finds it and the circle starts again. This project builds on the concept of liaising with different partners to produce products on the basis of the content that all collaborating organizations have, which is consistent with the key objectives of the SCA- in promoting interoperability between and across different cultural sectors. For instance, instead of user-generated content the intention is to use the assets of the partners of the SCA, focused on specific themes, and gather them into one place to give people a way into the collections without going to the owners of them directly. The project is a proof of concept to determine whether it is a viable concept for SCA partners aiming to analyse, aggregate and augment cultural content. Ultimately, content will be displayed on a timeline, so part of the activity will be taking the material and seeing if there is a date description and then adding more to the description or more keywords etc.
The CenturyShare project is of particular interest as it operates in two layers: (a) it provides content collected from a network of providers and (b) it allows the collection of meta-content created by the users.
Key content features
- Multiple types of content: images, video, audio, documents (literary works), diagrams (graphical works) and compilations of content.
- Multiple sources of content under different licensing schemes.
Value gains
- Allows users to identify public sector e-content that is most relevant to them.
- Produce valuable meta-data.
- Links dispersed material along a time line.
- Increases e-content visibility and create multiple access points.
- Provides a platform for sponsors from the across the public sector to provide access to their content in one place.
Copyright status and other rights issues
- Ownership of content will remain with the originator organization of the content.
- The responsibility for the clearance of content is managed by the participant organizations
- BBC acquires licences for the user generated content.
- Data-protection issues are thoroughly covered by the registration service agreement.
Terms of access and use
- BBC CenturyShare only provides a link to the e-content that is directly made available and licensed to the end user by the organisation that owns the content.
- The meta-data that are produced by the end users are licensed to the BBC.
Links to IPR Toolkit Resources as PDFs
Background papers
Reports
Practical tools
3.4 Top Tips for Issuing Licences
3.5 Top Tips for Requesting Licences
3.8 Template Email Permissions Form
3.9 IPR Template Permission Letter
3.10 Rights Management Template
3.12 Model Contractual Clauses for Requesting Permission from Staff
3.13 Example Consortium Agreement
3.14 Model Contractual Clauses for Requesting Permission from Students/Volunteers
3.15 Model contractual clauses for requesting permission from freelancers/subcontractors
3.16 Template Terms and Conditions of Service
Template policy statements
2.1 Draft Institutional IPR Policy Statements
2.2 IPR and Licensing Blue Print for Funding Bodies and Recipients of Funding
Related Digipedia links
IPR policy statement for the public sector
Orphan works and risk management
Web 2.0 and legal issues factsheet
Further information
General resources
Intellectual Property Office: Overview of the legislative framework and policy issues/developments regarding Intellectual Property Rights
Office for Public Sector Information: Information about Crown Copyright material, click use licence for reusing Crown Copyright material and access to the consolidated copyright legislation.
British Library Business and IP Centre: Provision of resources, support and advice relating to the creation and exploitation of IP within a business context
Licensing schemes and open content licensing initiatives
Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)
Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS)
Resources for health professionals
Resources for schools, colleges and universities
JISC Digital Media Online Image Finding Tutorial: Interactive tool providing information about how to find images online which can be used with the least amount of restrictions
Web2Rights Project: JISC funded project providing interactive copyright and other legal issues tools, resources and charts for use by JISC funded projects
JISC Casper: Interactive tools and associated resources for dealing with copyright issues in schools and projects who are reusing content
JISC IPR and Web2.0 Animation: IPR and Web2.0 animation commissioned by JISC and built around the Web2Rights project deliverables
Becta: Information about IPR for schools
JISC IPR Consultancy: Briefing documents about IPR and monthly IPR Newsletter
JISC Open Content Licences Overview Paper: Overview paper providing guidance about the use of open content licences for JISC funded projects
JISC Model Licence Interactive: Interactive tool which provides an overview of the benefits of the JISC Model Licence
TrustDR Project: JISC funded project providing supporting documentation relating to the establishment of a digital rights management system for repositories
JISC Legal: Support for HEIs and FEIs on legal issues
OSS Watch: Support for HEIs and FEIs on open source licences
Resources for the cultural heritage sector
Collections Link: Comprehensive resources relating to IP and licensing for cultural heritage bodies
Harvested links
- Copyright Essentials
- A Collections Trust factsheet providing an introduction to copyright law for the non-specialist collections manager. [?]
- Training Course: Copyright Essentials
- This training course provided by Museums Galleries Scotland offers an introduction to the principles of copyright within the context of caring for collections. It offers basic and practical training, [?]
- New guide to copyright for cultural heritage organisations
- The Collections Trust is delighted to announce the publication of a new guide to copyright for cultural heritage organisations. [?]
- Collections Management Network website
- Collections Management Network (CMNetwork) is a consortium of consultants, advisers and trainers with expertise in collections management. We work together to provide practical, authoritative, cost ef [?] <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1287584946184_396" />
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