Copyright and Licensing for Standards is a certificate course designed to help you learn general copyright and licensing concepts and how they relate to using standards in a compliant way.
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This course is on-demand for your convenience
Course objectives
- Explain the importance of copyright issues in connection with standards
- Explain how copyright and licensing apply to standards
- Assess what is and what is not allowed in standards content reuse
Who should take this course?
This course was created for engineers and others in R&D roles, as well as those in compliance, health, and safety roles, who use standards materials in their work. The course is also relevant for those who are responsible for licensing published content (e.g., librarians, information managers, administrative staff) and those who oversee the organization’s copyright compliance program.
Course logistics
This course is divided into three modules:
- Module 1 discusses some fundamentals of copyright, such as exclusive rights, copyright compliance, and fair useÂ
- Module 2 focuses on standards, how they are classified and used, and what their future looks like
- Module 3 discusses copyright and licensing issues relating to standards and the types of licenses available
These modules are self-paced, with the ability to pause and resume them as needed. At the end of each module, you will need to take a short quiz to earn the completion certificate.