1. Creating a Legal Framework for Copyright Management of Open Access within the Australian Academic and Research Sector
- Author
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Fitzgerald, Brian F., Fitzgerald, Anne, Perry, Mark, Kiel-Chisholm, Scott D., Driscoll, Erin P., Thampapillai, Dilan, and Coates, Jessica M.
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publicly funded research ,creative commons ,TRIPS ,information technology ,Electronic Rights Management Information ,open access policies ,WIPO ,methodology for cataloguing ,web interface ,noncommercial ,publishers’ attitudes ,articles ,repositories ,Department of Education ,non ,academic and research sector ,remix ,knowledge dissemination ,digital repositories ,Zwolle Project ,Intellectual Property Law ,Technological Protection Measures ,Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ,World Summit on the Information Society ,Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition ,NIH ,Australasian Digital Thesis Program ,commercialisation ,Australian funding institutions ,google ,RCUK ,Open access ,intellectual property ,legal framework ,copyright law framework ,IT ,Australian academic and research sector ,Open Access to Knowledge ,WCT ,open content licensing ,Library and Information Science ,practices for managing copyright ,Information and Communications Technology ,World Intellectual Property Organisation ,traditional commercialisation ,ADT Program ,OAK List ,OAK Law ,WTO ,best practice copyright management strategies ,Joint Information Systems Committee ,Moral rights ,electronic theses and dissertations ,commercial ,National Institutes of Health ,DEST ,Wellcome Trust ,WPPT ,digital rights management ,Universal Declaration of Human Rights ,open access ,innovation system ,social development ,Agreement on the Trade ,180115 Intellectual Property Law ,knowledge creation ,theses ,JISC ,blogs ,National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy ,Science and Training ,WIPO Copyright Treaty ,promotion of innovation and creativity ,copyright law ,OECD ,Copyright law ,copyright licensing ,model agreements ,networked digital technologies ,WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty ,databases ,researchers ,Internet Service Providers ,TPM ,access to knowledge ,knowledge landscape ,A2K ,ISP ,UDHR ,new web based frameworks ,Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ,ERMI ,datasets ,SURF ,openly accessible ,NCRIS ,ETD ,SPARC ,mashup ,protocols for copyright management ,open sharing of knowledge ,SHERPA list ,FLOSS ,economic development ,World Trade Organisation ,enabling access to knowledge ,DRM ,cultural development ,publishing agreements ,WSIS ,ICT ,Australian research ,180100 LAW ,Free/Libre and Open Source Software ,Law ,Wikipedia - Abstract
This Report analyses the copyright law framework needed to ensure open access to outputs of the Australian academic and research sector such as datasets, articles and theses. It is written in the context of an increasing recognition, in Australia and internationally, that access to knowledge is a key driver of social, cultural and economic development and that publicly funded research should be openly accessible. With the objective of enabling access to knowledge, this Report proposes the development of clear protocols for copyright management (designed as practical and effective tools) for implementation in the Australian academic and research sector The Report explains that with the rise of networked digital technologies our knowledge landscape and innovation system is more and more reliant on best practice copyright management strategies. Furthermore in the 21st century these strategies need to accommodate both the demands for open sharing of knowledge and traditional commercialisation models. To this end, this Report examines the way in which practices for managing copyright, interact with the new web based frameworks that have developed for knowledge creation and dissemination. It focuses on specific areas that are central to the promotion of innovation and creativity in Australia, with emphasis on various types of repositories. More specifically, this Report provides an overview of the principles of copyright law, the concept of open access to knowledge, the recently developed open content models of copyright licensing and proposes a framework for enhancing the management of copyright interests in research and academic output (including electronic theses and dissertations (ETD)). The Report describes a forward work program which, upon implementation, will provide the platform for the development of systems and practices designed to effectively promote open access to knowledge within the Australian academic and research sector. The Report calls upon Australian research and funding institutions to consider their commitment to open access and articulate this in clear polices and copyright management frameworks. It proposes a survey of researchers about their understanding of, attitudes towards and experience with publishing agreements and the provision of model agreements that can facilitate open access and commercialisation objectives. The Report details a methodology for cataloguing and better understanding publishers’ attitudes towards open access. This list aims to be interoperable with the existing SHERPA list based in the UK and accessible through a web interface known as the OAK List. Finally the Report looks at copyright management of open access to ETD and makes proposals for better managing this process. In all of these endeavours the OAK Law Project aims to undertake work that will be of relevance to and can be utilised by key stakeholders.
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- 2009