{"id":10193,"date":"2022-04-26T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=10193"},"modified":"2022-04-26T13:32:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T12:32:01","slug":"accessibility-tools-and-copyright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2022\/04\/accessibility-tools-and-copyright\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility Tools and Copyright"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Kate Vasili <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For those in the community who don\u2019t know me, I\u2019ve been the Copyright Officer at Middlesex University since 2002 after joining the University as a Copyright Assistant in 1998. I\u2019m also a member of the U UK Guild HE CNAC (Universities UK Guild HE Copyright Negotiation and Advisory Committee).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although I graduated in law, I\u2019m definitely not a practicing lawyer so any advice I offer is purely my personal opinion based on years of experience in dealing with copyright issues in Higher Education.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

At the next Webinar on Friday 6th<\/sup> May<\/a>, I\u2019ll be talking on behalf of the ALT CoOL SIG Accessibility Group, about the copyright concerns raised with the implementation of online accessibility tools into educational institutions\u2019 online platforms such as VLEs (Virtual Learning Environments).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As more online accessibility tools become available to educational institutions, copyright concerns naturally surface, particularly regarding the legality of allowing wider availability of these tools to all staff and students, as opposed to restricting access to only disabled persons. This enables anyone with access to a particular resource to download the content in any format they wish, despite not being eligible for accessible copies under the S.31 Disability exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this doesn\u2019t necessarily mean these copies infringe copyright for various reasons. During the webinar, we\u2019ll explore some of these reasons and encourage an open discussion where you can share your own concerns and views. Hopefully, by the end of the session most anxieties will have been dispelled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For those in the community who don\u2019t know me, I\u2019ve been the Copyright Officer at Middlesex University since 2002 after joining the University as a Copyright Assistant in 1998. I\u2019m also a member of the U UK Guild HE CNAC (Universities UK Guild HE Copyright Negotiation and Advisory Committee). 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