Copyright Guidance for University of Glasgow staff, students and researchers
Disclaimer: The information contained within this page and associated resources should not be considered legal advice.
Text based copyright resources
CREATe bring together an interdisciplinary team of academics from law, economics, and other disciplines.
The resources below are all downloadable Word documents:
For UofG staff, students and researchers
- Brief explanation UK blanket licences for institutions
- Copyright Basics: What is Copyright (Uk Law), Fair Dealing and UK Copyright Exceptions?
- Creative Commons basics: licences and attribution
- Length of various copyright protected works (UK Law)
- Obtaining permission to use somes else's copyright protected work (print, audio, and film)
- Online sources for Copyright free; images, audio, video and Open Access materials
- Orphan Works (when owner of work(s) cannot be identified)
- Social Media
- Using other people's work
For UofG staff
- Copright basics and FAQ (UofG staff)
- Use of videos in online teaching materials (UofG staff)
- Making use of images in online & face-to-face teaching materials (UofG staff)
- Printed Music Licensing Ltd (PMLL) best practice
- Using text based materials in online teaching and learning materials (UofG staff
For UofG students and researchers
Video based copyright resources
- How to search for images effectively online
- How to to use reverse image search engine Tineye
- UK copyright licences available to the education sector
- UK Fair Dealing
- UK Copyright exceptions
- Box of Broadcasts session aimed at UofG staff
- Copyright Basics session (GUID login required)
- Copyright Basics for UofG students
- Creative Commons basics
Links to resources and services
University of Glasgow content
- Box of Broadcasts
- Copyright User
- Copyright User FAQ
- CREATe at University of Glasgow
- Kaltura video service
- MOOC and Microcredential Statement
- Reading Lists @ Glasgow
- Research Publications and Copyright Policy
- University of Glasgow Intellectual Property & Commercialisation
Links to external content
UK Copyright Exceptions
Can I use?
Find out how the fair dealing exceptions can be used to defend the use of types of media within teaching materials.
Copyright Card Game
This is primarily a interactive game, which includes some information on licences, works, uses and assessing risk.
This self-paced learning object is based on version 2 of the face to face Copyright card game created by Chris Morrison and Jane Secker and is available under a CC-BY-SA licence.