Icepops 2022 was held on 8th September at the University of Oxford. This was the third time the conference ran, and 70 delegates attended from countries including: the UK, USA, and Sweden.
Chris Morrison and Jane Secker were the conference co-chairs, and the event was sponsored by: Copyright Licensing Agency, Educational Recording Agency (ERA) Learning on Screen, PMLL and Talis. You can see a selection of photos from the day and the event hashtag was #icepops22
Keynote speakers included:
Prof Emily Hudson – view slides from Emily (coming soon)
Our opening keynote was given by Prof Emily Hudson, Reader in Law at Kings College London. Emily joined King’s in January 2015, having previously held academic posts at the University of Melbourne, University of Queensland and University of Oxford. Emily teaches in IP modules in the undergraduate and LLM programmes at King’s, and her research has a particular focus on IP law, including projects on Quotation Norms in the Publishing Industry and Distinctiveness in Trade Mark Law. She is author of the book Drafting Copyright Exceptions: From the Law in Books to the Law in Action (Cambridge University Press, 2020), and has been a regular speaker at the Copyright and Online Learning webinar series, including in relation to her copyright guidance on the use of audiovisual works in teaching. Emily spoke about the pastiche exception in copyright law and used this example to highlight the challenges and opportunities with teaching intellectual property law to those with strong ‘pre-legal intuitions’.
Dr Andrea Wallace and Douglas McCarthy – view slides from Andrea and Douglas
Andrea Wallace (@andeewallace) is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter. Her research explores legal issues surrounding copyright, cultural institutions and the public domain by examining the impact of digital technologies on the preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of cultural heritage. She frequently writes and presents on open culture and the impact that a claim to copyright in reproductions has on meaningful access to cultural heritage in the public domain.She works closely with Douglas McCarthy to manage the data collected by the ongoing Open GLAM Survey.
An art historian by academic training, Douglas McCarthy (@CultureDoug) has worked internationally in museums, art collections and archives for twenty years. He is a passionate advocate for open access to cultural heritage and his areas of expertise include digital collections management, copyright and licensing. At Europeana, Douglas leads a team working with international museum and educational partners to showcase their collections and engage online audiences with cultural heritage, digital storytelling and dynamic content marketing.
Andrea and Doug’s talk was entitled ‘Hawking Hogarth: the future of open access to digital collections in the UK.’
Lightning Talks:
| Julie Murray, CLA. | CLA Copyright Literacy initiatives |
| Bartolomeo Meletti, Learning on Screen / CREATe | Copyright and Fair Practice in Film Education |
| Priya Haria and Yvette Howley, The Open University | Research Support and Intellectual Property Partners in Copyright |
| Matthew Lambert, The British Library | The Writing Is on the Wall – Providing copyright Information for British Library Readers |
| Ramona Mattisson and Aprile Clark, Lund University, Sweden | A fork in the road – why CC BY? |
| Deborah Ferns, University of Strathclyde | Engaging Students with Copyright at Strathclyde |
| Kate Vasili, Middlesex University | There’s no such word as ‘can’t’ or at least it’s a maybe not during a crisis. |
World Cafe Presentations:
| Presenter(s) | Title |
| Stephen Wyber, IFLA | Aux armes, librarians! Building a copyright advocacy bootcamp |
| Chris Jones, University of Reading | With a pinch of Pepper: parody, pastiche and a pictorial index of copyright cases |
| Christine Daoutis, University of Surrey and Nicola Avery, The University of Law | Monkeys, cheese and lightsabers: a brief introduction to copyright |
| Rachel Scanlon, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford | Games Workshop – Creative Commons Citations |
| Ollie Bridle, Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford | Twine for the Labyrinth: Guiding researchers through open access publishing |
| Lisa Redman, Intellectual Property Office | The IP Education Framework (YouTube video) |
| Kyle K Courtney | Controlled Digital Lending: the next chapter |
| Helena Djurkovic, ERA | ERA streaming services: the BBC Shakespeare Archive Resource and Video Streaming Platform. |
Plenary closing panel
The Copyright Jedi Council discussed the future of copyright education
Evening social
The event was rounded off with an evening social at Backseat Becky’s.
Copyright Literacy 