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This learning pathway on copyright focuses on your legal rights to copy.

Copyright is the basis on which open licensing is built. Consequently you need a clear understanding of how copyright works in order to use or produce creative works that apply open licenses. Moreover, learning in a digital age requires knowledge of copyright because interactions and outputs of learning are published online increasing exposure to the risks associated with breach of copyright.

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Objectives

On successful completion of this learning pathway, you will be able to:

  • Explain the origins of copyright
  • Explain the scope, rights, protections, exceptions, and, transfer of copyright.
  • Discuss the ethics associated with the ownership of ideas in the context of copyright and intellectual property.