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Understanding copyright and Creative Commons licenses
This session will cover the basics of UK copyright law and how this impacts what you can use in your work and how you can share the results of your own research. It will introduce concepts such as rights retention and fair dealing and will provide guidance on how to seek permission to reuse third party content in your publications.
The workshop will explain what Creative Commons licences are and how they can be used to protect and share your work.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
- identify the key copyright principles relevant to academic research
- evaluate how and when third-party materials can be used legally in a research output
- understand how to license your own work, including Creative Commons options
- understand the University's approach to publishing and copyright retention
Target audience
Researchers at all career stages
Workshop theme
PGR workshops to get you thinking about the organisation and ethics of your research and how it complies with governance, and that tie in with the third Vitae RDF domain. Visit our Realise workshops page for more sessions.
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