Copyright's position

The presentation will cover copyright's position as one of the intellectual property rights and how it 1 from other intellectual property rights. It will give 2 of what copyright protects as well as what may be done with copyright protected works without permission under permitted acts (sometimes or so-called exceptions). It is by manipulating the restricted acts through licensing arrangements that rights owners 3 and exploit commercial markets. In contrast to commercial markets, the growth of open source and open content licensing models has 4 established business models. The presentation gives a brief commentary on two of the more 5 open licensing frameworks: the GNU Creative Commons licences.