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Are you a human? Then UCL’s new copyright card game is for you!
By Christina Daouti, on 18 March 2025
If someone ‘infringed your copyright’ i.e. reproduced your work without your permission, would you be…angry? Flattered? Unconcerned? And when you use, say, an image created by someone else, do you think…you always need permission? Or that it’s fine without permission as long as you give credit to the author? Or that it’s OK as long as the use is ‘educational’?
Image created by Christine Daoutis using icons from Open Clipart.
Copyright questions bring out different reactions in people: dread, interest, uncertainty, horror, excitement, humour or – let’s face it – boredom. ‘Copyright for Humans’ is a new card game created for those whose eyes glaze over at the mention of copyright, those who feel nervous when faced with a copyright question, and those who are interested in copyright and want to share their opinions with others.
Drawing from a large pool of questions and an even larger pool of possible answers, you are encouraged to discuss and respond to different copyright scenarios in humorous and creative ways. You may gleefully agree with some copyright decisions (e.g. ‘this is the best idea since the invention of printing!’) and pompously condemn others (e.g. ‘this is so risky it’s giving me the copyright chills’, you may feel uncertain (e.g. ‘I’m not answering this without my lawyer’ or avoid answering altogether (e.g.’I had the answer but ChatGPT ate it’). The game encourages you to consider different types of answers and learn about copyright in the process.
See a demo of Copyright for Humans, 27 March 2025, Student Centre
To see a demo of the game, say hello to the copyright team and take away some treats, drop by the Student Centre on Thursday the 27th of March, any time between 12 pm and 4 pm.
Play the game in a small group
Current scheduled sessions are on:
- Tuesday 25 March, 3 pm, IoE Library Training Room. Register for this session.
- Wednesday 11 June, 2 pm, Science Library, DMS Watson Building, Room 417. Register for this session.
- Contact copyright@ucl.ac.uk to arrange a session for your department on a date that suits you.
