Jorum Legal Information

This page hosts a selection of links and documentation relating to legal and licensing issues. Click on the quick links below to access

Jorum Licences

Institutions need to sign the Jorum Deposit Licence in order to get access to Jorum Contributor.

In order to give staff access to Jorum User, institutions must sign up to the Jorum User Licence at the Jorum JISC Collections site.

There are also Terms and Conditions for Users and Contributors.

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Jorum Deposit Licence fact sheet

The Jorum Team have produced a Jorum Deposit Licence Fact Sheet explaining how the Deposit Licence works. It is a useful summary aimed at potential Contributors.

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Jorum procedures to deal with queries, alerts and complaints

This document outlines the procedure to be followed by Jorum upon receipt of a query, alert or complaint. On receipt of a complaint, the Notice and Takedown Procedure is invoked and details of this can be found under "Section 3: Complaints".

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Jorum Contributor guidance materials: rights

This 'Rights Guide' document offers a best practice guide to attaching intellectual property rights information to resources uploaded to Jorum.

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Copyright statement

Unless otherwise stated copyright in this website belongs to The Jorum Consortium (The Universities of Manchester and Edinburgh). This material may be freely distributed and copied for educational purposes only, provided that appropriate acknowledgement is given to Jorum as the copyright holder and original publisher. Jorum is committed to making every attempt to provide up to date and accurate information on the website. Jorum does not endorse any external sites and is not responsible for their content. The Jorum name is trademarked to the University of Edinburgh.

Materials in Jorum have been deposited under the Jorum Deposit Licence. Rights information associated with the materials is available within the Jorum repository to registered Jorum Users. The Jorum materials contained in the repository can only be used in accordance with the Jorum User Licence and the Jorum User Terms and Conditions

For further information or enquiries on copyright please contact Jorum support: support@jorum.ac.uk.

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Useful links

Intellectual Property Rights in Networked E-Learning, John Casey (2006).
The author covers negotiating with third party rights holders, licences and also clearing rights, see sections 3, 4, 5.

Intellectual Rights Clearance On The Internet; A QA Focus Document, UKOLN (2004).
This document provides guidelines on gaining copyright clearance for using third party works within your own project.

Getting Practical with IPR in E-Learning, John Casey (2006).
Getting Practical with IPR in E-learning covers the potentially difficult and complex area at the intersection of technology, education, and the law.

The Interactive Media Industry, Intellectual Property Rights, the Internet and Copyright, TrustDR (2006).
This briefing document offers Lessons from the TrustDR Project. Note: This document is offered under a Creative Commons License (Attribution 2.5 UK: Scotland).

Intellectual Property Rights Publications
JISC Legal have provided an excellent range of documents covering many IPR issues.

Intellectual Property Rights in e-Learning Programmes: good practice guidance for senior managers, HEFCE (2006).
This is a good practice guide for higher education institutions on the management of IPR in e learning programmes.

JISC Collections - Online Copyright Activity, James Clay (2007).
This activity, [accessible only from .ac.uk institutions] is intended to inform and educate practitioners in the FE and HE sectors about using copyrighted material in a digital online environment and the role of JISC Collections (and the JISC Model licence) in the provision of solutions to these issues.

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