MEMORANDUM: COPYRIGHT NOTICES AND MARKINGS MMU
Copyright Notice
Copyright Notice is basically a piece of text which accompanies a work and informs users of the underlying claim to copyright ownership in a published work.
Elements in the Copyright Notice
Copyright Symbol / The © Copyright Symbol is generally the standard identifier of a Copyright Notice.Year of Publication
/ Whenever a Copyright Notice is given, it is required that the year of publication be included in the notice.Name of Copyright Owner
/ The Copyright Notice must also include the name of the owner of the copyright. The legal owner of the copyright is not necessarily the author or creator of the work. Works created by employees in the course of their employment or independent workers who sign "Work for Hire" agreements are considered to be creating the work on behalf of the employer. Consequently, these works are referred to as "Works for Hire", and the copyright is vested in the employer, i.e. Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd. (UTSB) as registered owner of MMU.Reservation of Rights
/ Buenos Aires Convention requires that the reservation of rights phrase be included in the Copyright Notice in order for copyright protection to attach.Copyright Notice
a) IPR wholly owned by MMU (includes those funded by MOSTI/MOE):
b) IPR partially owned by MMU and third party, other than the Government of Malaysia)
(please obtain prior IPR Sharing approval from MMU-IPMC)
Where should it appear?
The notice should be obvious and legible to ensure that anyone with access to the work is aware of the copyright. If the work can be broken up into several pieces/parts, then the notice should appear on each part. If it would normally be viewed as a whole then one will suffice.
Type of Works / Where should it appear?Literary work (e.g. manual, computer/software programs-source codes, books, plays, dramas, stage directions, broadcasting scripts manuscripts, Lectures, etc) / A single notice (as above) after the front cover will normally suffice.
Leaflets, commercial documents / One on each item.
© 2015 Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Web pages / One on every page
© 2015 Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Photographs and Designs / One at the bottom or on the reverse of the work
© 2015 Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Software Disks and Screen Display / One on the face of every disk, as follows:
© 2015 Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Copyright in the whole and every part of this software program belongs to Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd.("the Owner") and may not be used, sold, transferred, copied, or reproduced in whole, or in part in any manner or form or in or on any media to any person other than in accordance with the terms of the Owner's agreement or otherwise without the prior written consent of the Owner.
MMU Final Year Project / A single notice (as below) after the front cover will normally suffice.
© Year of Report submission Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Copyright of this report belongs to Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd as qualified by Regulation 7.2 (c) of the Multimedia University Intellectual Property and Commercialisation Policy. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd. Due acknowledgement shall always be made of the use of any material contained in, or derived from, this report.
MMU Thesis / A single notice (as below) after the front cover will normally suffice.
© Year of Thesis submission Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Copyright of this thesis belongs to Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd as qualified by Regulation 7.2 (c) of the Multimedia University Intellectual Property and Commercialisation Policy. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd. Due acknowledgement shall always be made of the use of any material contained in, or derived from, this thesis.
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