1. Copyright law grants creators exclusive rights over their original artistic works for a limited time, generally the life of the author plus 70 years. It aims to incentivize creation and protect attribution and integrity of works. 2. Other forms of intellectual property include trademarks, which protect brand identities, and patents, which protect inventions for a limited period. 3. When copyright expires, works enter the public domain and can be freely used by anyone. Some limitations to copyright include allowing uses for criticism, parody, and access for disabled people.

1. ‘Guernica
With
Pearl
Earring’
by
Daniel
Arrhakis,
CC
BY-NC
Copyright Law:
the basics
B. de los Arcos, June 2021
Assignment – Unit 2,
Creative Commons Certificate
This presentation is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

2. limits the copying and sharing of creative
works, to what purpose?
published
1.provide an incentive to creators
2.protect the rights of creators to be
recognised as the author of the work
3.protect the work’s integrity (i.e. against
distortion or undesired changes)
Source: ‘2.1 Copyright Basics’ by Creative Commons. CC BY 4.0

3. In a nutshell, what should I remember about
copyright?
published
1.grants rights to literary and artistic works
that are original
2.does not protect ideas or facts
3.is automatic, but some countries require
tangible expression of the work
4.lasts +70 years after death of author (EU)
5.may be limited to serve the public interest
(i.e. freedom on information, rights of
people with disabilities, etc.)
Source: ‘2.1 Copyright Basics’ by Creative Commons. CC BY 4.0

4. are there other types of intellectual property?
published
1.trademark law, protects the names of
products and services (i.e. brand identity)
2.patent law, prevents others from using
someone else’s invention for commercial
purposes and for a limited amount of time
3.kwekersrecht or plant breeders’ rights
(Netherlands), protect ownership of new
varieties of plants
Source: https://www.government.nl/topics/intellectual-property/protection-of-intellectual-property

5. ‘Heineken’ by Evandro Felippe, CC BY-SA
In the Netherlands Heineken
holds the trademark for their
iconic five point red star and
green label

6. what happens when copyright expires?
published
creative works enter the public domain
for everyone to ‘copy, modify, distribute and
perform the work, even for commercial
purposes, all without asking permission’.
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

7. ‘The Milkmaid’ by J. Vermeer, c. 1660, CC0.
‘Our collection is for
everyone. That’s why the
Rijksmuseum makes its
digitised collections and
metadata available in the
highest quality. And we don’t
ask for anything in return’.
www.rijksmuseum.nl

8. are there any limitations to copyright?
published
1.in most parts of the world, uses for purposes of criticism,
parody, access for the visually impaired, etc. are exempt
from copyright
2.‘It shall be a matter for legislation in the countries of the
Union to permit the reproduction of such works [a] in certain
special cases, provided that [b] such reproduction does
not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and [c]
does not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests
of the author.’ https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/three-step_test_fnl.pdf

9. ‘Portrait’ by Rita Kravchuk, CC BY-NC-ND.
portretrecht or portrait right
in the Netherlands gives a
person whose photo has
been taken the right to
prevent its publication by the
copyright owner, to protect
the privacy or other
reasonable interests of the
portrayed
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portretrecht