It is well known that copyright law can impede the effective reuse of digital and non-digital resources. A means of addressing this problem is for public sector organisations to publish some of their resources under common licences which would grant more permissive use. Intrallect Ltd and the AHRC Research Centre for Studies in IP and IT Law are currently organising a users' workshop in order to determine how such common licences could allow more effective reuse of resources. The workshop will be aimed at any individuals who would use resources produced by the public sector in their day to day activities. Examples of people who may be interested include: school, college and university teachers; college and university students; academics; librarians; content aggregators; genealogists; artists; authors; journalists; social workers; sociologists; etcetera.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
