Here are some (brief) notes from Murray Weston’s (British Universities Film and Video Council) presentation at CCNMTL’s Video, Education and Open Content conference:
Metadata is king (not always content).
There is something giving in the rights clearance process:
- Greater collaboration with owners
- Growing understanding of education’s needs
- Formal reviews are working to clarify exception
- New licensing arrangements to be offered within exceptions
- Sharing licenses such as creative commons coming forward
What is needed?
- International harmonization and clarification for copyright exceptions and underlying licensing arrangements.
