Further Information: Those involved in the design of e-Learning content are aware of Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights laws in relation to re-purposing and using existing content and know where to seek guidance.
What does this mean?
None of the e-Learning content that you produce should infringe the copyright or any other right of a third party. If you want to include other people’s work, photos, video or ideas, then you should obtain their permission and acknowledge this at all times.
This also applies if you want to re-use or adapt something which someone else has produced.
The NHS provides guidance on the materials it produces and shares.
With regards to the effective use of Intellectual Property Rights. Wherever possible the assets of any development are owned by the NHS and wherever appropriate to the interest of the NHS can be shared under a non-exclusive or Creative Commons Licence.
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