SLIDESHARE &

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Anaïs Collet – Rima Rammal – Jordan Lyk – Charlotte Wang – Marie Daccache

LW512E - Digital Law & Governance

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INTRODUCTION : SLIDESHARE STORY

CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES

IPR CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES

TERMS OF SERVICE, WEB-LINKS AND FURTHER

CONCLUSION

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SUMMARY

On SlideShare users can :

Upload and share info

Embed into blogs, websites

Share on social media

1. INTRODUCTION: SLIDESHARE STORY

2006launched in India

2012 Acquired by Linkedin

2016 World’s largest slide-sharing

community

A viral content-sharing platform : impossible to monitor all slides

- 6 types of licenses proposed- Several rights can be combined

2. CREATIVE COMMON LICENSES

CC Licenses : Right to share, use and build upon a content created.

All Rights Reserved : no usage right exist

Attribution (BY) : users must give appropriate credit.

No-Derivative Works (ND) : no modification of the content authorized.

Non-Commercial (NC) : use is allowed except for commercial purpose.

Share-Alike (SA) : all derivative work must be licensed the same way.

4 rights for CC Licenses: conditions for use of the content

CC BY-NC-SA License CC BY-NC-ND License All Rights Reserved

EXAMPLES :

2. CREATIVE COMMON LICENSES

Unauthorized use of content, Copyright Infringement, and Trademark Misuse !

Display logos, photographs, videos and spam content

Upload e-books in the slide decks without author’s permission

Display Ads content (IPR violation) : Trademarks and Logos in ad’s text, counterfeit products

3. IPR CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES

Solutions ?

Better monitoring program for “instant screening” (Google Alerts, RSS and others)

Weak responsibilities from Linkedin

« (…)LinkedIn generally does not review content provided by our Members. You agree that we are not responsible for third parties' (including other Members') content or information or for any damages as result of your use of or reliance on it. »

IPR issues : use of web links

Simple linksDeep links

Solutions ?

More awarenessAdvices and publications process on Linkedin

4. TERMS OF SERVICE, WEB-LINKS AND FURTHER

5. CONCLUSION

Initiatives to regulate the IPR on the Web:

Code of Intellectual Property WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization European Commission

Worldwide users : IPR differs from the author’s country of origin

Inefficient protection of the content from Slideshare

+ = common habits online

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