COPYRIGHT CHARTER

1.1 Jio Institute is a multi-disciplinary higher education institution located in Navi Mumbai, India, set up by Reliance Foundation Institution of Education and Research (a section-8 Company founded by Reliance Industries Limited and Reliance Foundation).

1.2 The Institute endeavours to be an exemplary Indian academic institution with international repute and provide a world-class platform for research, innovation and entrepreneurship.

1.3 It aspires to establish a research ecosystem to foster collaboration in the region and provide a holistic learning experience to its students to prepare the next generation of leaders for significantly contributing to the advancement of Indian society. The institute believes in academic excellence, industry relevance and social significance and seeks to engage in cutting edge research to solve India’s problems and solve them fast.

1.4 Special Collections: In library science, special collections are libraries or library units that house materials requiring specialized handling and user services. Materials housed in special collections can be in any format (including rare books, manuscripts, photographs, archives, ephemera, and digital records), and are generally characterized by their artefactual or monetary value, physical format, uniqueness or rarity, and/or an institutional commitment to long-term preservation and access. They can also include association with important figures or institutions in history, culture, politics, sciences, or the arts. Individual libraries or archival institutions determine for themselves what constitute their own special collections, resulting in a somewhat mutable definition. For research libraries, a special collections area or division can be a fundamental part of their mission.

1.5 Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections is envisaged as a research platform to serve efficient data management, curation and state of the art digital publishing and storytelling to reach out to wider sections of the society. The platform would help in bringing a whole lot of data and information onto one common platform, that is simple to use, intuitive and would serve as a one-of-its-type platform for portraying content related to different subjects, including Indian arts and culture.

1.6 The target audience includes a) Students; b) Teaching faculties & Researchers; c) Scholars; d) General enthusiasts; e) Employees; f) Travelers; g) Indian Diaspora; h) Media; i) Culture and heritage practitioners; j) Institutional Collaborators thereby fostering a forum for creativity and dialogue.

1.7 Broad approach for curating and hosting content. The endeavour is to create/curate content and present content in an intuitive manner using simplified forms of presentation. The content would include multimedia elements in a variety of types and formats like articles, photoessays, interviews, video documentation, images, carousels, audios documentation, maps, timelines, library artefacts (archived visual and textual material) etc. Such type of data shall be edited by experts in the field and ingested as part of content. This entire process would happen on a Content Management System (CMS), till it is cleared for publishing on the presentation system. Before the edited and moderated data gets published, necessary metadata shall be created and after due validation of the content and its linkage with metadata the actual content shall be ingested into the publishing system for presentation in the platform for different user groups (institutional and public). All inputs at various stages of the implementation shall follow pre-defined standards and with due protocols they will be published through a well-established clearing-house mechanism.

2. POLICY NOTES: NEED AND REQUIREMENT

2.1 The purpose of recognising Intellectual Property Rights is to give rights to people over the creation of their intellect, for a limited period of time, and to empower them with right to use his creation. Intellectual property rights are also outlined in Article 27 of the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, which provides for the right to benefit from the protection of moral and material interest resulting from authorship of scientific, literary or artistic productions. The importance of intellectual property was first recognised in the Paris Convention of Protection of Industrial Property (1883) in the Berne Convention of protection of literary and artistic works (1886) which form the bedrock of all protection across the modern world and municipal law.

2.2 Need for IP POLICY/CHARTER. Jio Institute and more particularly the Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections aims to bring under its umbrella, by way of creation, acquisition and syndication, a kaleidoscope of knowledge & works of various origins, traditions which will be hosted for access to its visitors and subscribers and the public at large. In doing so the Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections will engage in various forms of copyright works/material and it becomes important to set basic principles which must be adhered to while acquiring copyright material and giving access to the same to the world. Not only the copyright of person who have created various works must be respected and any work that is acquired or syndicated by Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections must be done with meticulous due diligence, taking all necessary rights under various legal teams, the other side of the coin of the Copyright–recognising the creator of the work must not be forgotten.

2.3 It is imperative that while material of widest possible imaginable variety is acquired and hosted/showcase/distributed by the digital library, due care and importance has also given to proper credit to persons who have authored such work. While the Library, especially the Special Collections vertical thereof, strives to create unparalleled repository of exquisite works if shall be the endeavour of the Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections to ensure that more conditions and limitations that are associated with any licence or copyright work being hosted by them are impeccably and compulsorily adhered to.

2.4 It shall be the endeavour of Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections to monitor from time to time, various regulations and changes to the norms relating to the intellectual property rights that will ensure all obligations arising out of laws in India and other global best practices and standards are adhered to at all times possible.

3. IP CHARTER FOR JIO INSTITUTE DIGITAL LIBRARY’S

1. Preamble. Set up by Reliance Foundation Institution of Education and Research (RFIER) the Jio Institute runs its Library with a vertical within it as Special Collections. This Charter outlines the purpose, relevant background, scope, responsibilities, composition, and operations of Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections, as well as the review process for any proposals generated by the same. This Document shall be read in conjunction with Copyright Policy, Privacy Policy and other application Jio Institute’s policies and regulations and procedures.

2. Background and Purpose. Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections is envisaged as a research platform to serve efficient data management, curation and state-of-the-art digital publishing and storytelling to reach out to wider sections of the society. This is aimed at bringing a large variety of data and information, that is simple to use, intuitive and would serve as a one-of-its-type platform for portraying content related to different subjects, including Indian arts and culture. In its endeavour, Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections is committed to comply with the Intellectual Property and related law as enacted in India through Trade Marks Act, 1999, The Patents Act, 1970, The Copyright Act, 1957, The Designs Act, 2000, The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act, 2000, The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Right Act, 2001 and the Information Technology Act, 2000 and also adhere to principles of common law concepts of goodwill, confidentiality, privacy and such rights as also recognized by the Indian Supreme Court from time to time.

3. The aim of Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections IP Policy and this Charter is to encourage all members of the Institution and its members to create, curate and share knowledge by composing and authoring original works in multimedia forms such as essays, articles, photographs, audio and audio-visual materials in order to share their knowledge with the world at large. In its endeavour to establish a research ecosystem to foster collaboration in the region and provide a holistic learning experience to its students to prepare the next generation of leaders for significantly contributing to the advancement of society. Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections IP Policy adheres to a long-standing academic tradition that celebrates creators of knowledge that from originates from their creativity and hard work.

4. This IP Charter is committed towards setting up of an environment in which intellectual property is respected and any acquisition, usage and sharing of any Intellectual Property is done in accordance with law and best practices across the world.

5. This Charter shall be applicable to all the members (faculty, content team, staff and students) and visitors, subscribers and users of Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections.

6. Acquisition, Creation and Syndication of IP. Copyright works (‘Content’) being included in Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections shall be produced (i) either by way of commissioning new and original works (being works made-for-hire) that will be authored and created by various researchers or contributors, individually or collectively, under the supervision/guidance of Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections’ team, or (ii) by acquiring existing works of interest and significance by way of copyright assignment or obtain license. Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections shall ensure, without exception, that IP in any work being considered to be included as part of Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections is given proper care and respect. Not only all the necessary rights and permissions are obtained from the contributor in its IP before including the same as a part of Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections, but it will also be equally important and necessary that proper attribution or credit for creation is given to the authors and contributors of the work being included.

7. Use & Fair Use / Fair Dealing. Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections expects all its faculty, students, members and the users of the platform to respect IP laws and follow best practices while dealing with contents made available on the platform.

8. Compliance. The content made available on the Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections’ platform shall follow copyright laws including obligation of giving attribution to the author/creator of the work as also provided under the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Rules made and amended thereunder, from time to time. Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections shall, from time to time, review its copyright policies and update the same as required and desired.

9. Fair Use/Fair Dealing. Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections shall encourage its members, subscribers and users to use the library to the full and take advantage of exceptions carved out from the copyright restrictions as enshrined in section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957. Before any such usage is exercised it shall be the endeavour of Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections to assist in educating its users/members of the limitations and scope of such exceptions qualify as fair use.

10. Infringement and Violation of Intellectual Property Rights. Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections shall take infringement of copyright or any other Intellectual Property Rights with utmost seriousness and examine all complaints promptness and take necessary action without any material delay. When any infringing activity or content is found Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections shall act expeditiously to remove or disable the access of such material and take such other steps as may be decided by the Institute. Any members of Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections, faculty, contributor or researcher who is found to be wilfully disregarded copyright laws may be subject to disciplinary action of prosecution as decided by the institution. Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections shall appoint a grievance office that will work along with the Jio Institute’s Legal Team in compliance with

11. Formulation of IP Regulations and Policies. Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections shall make policies for IPR and specially for Copyright, and update the same from time to time, and that shall be communicated to all its members and users. It shall be the endeavour of Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections to adhere to the applicable copyright laws but also to follow best practices globally.

3.1 Administration of IP Policies of Jio Institute Digital Library. Jio Institute Digital Library’s Special Collections in order to formulate and implement a policy shall have committee of faculty, members, and experts to formulate copyright policy and government adopted the same and update the same from time to time to enforce the same using best practices.

3.2 This Charter was adopted on April 8, 2024.