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New copyright game to mark International Museums Day 2025
By Christina Daouti, on 14 May 2025
The great thing about copyright games is that you can learn new concepts, consolidate your existing knowledge and, importantly, understand the grey areas in IP debates without noticing that some serious learning is happening: you are too busy trying to solve the codes in online escape rooms, outwit other players in face-to-face board games or get full marks in quirky quizzes.
To mark International Museums Day 2025 on the 18th of May, Erica Levi (a copyright specialist at Coventry University), Christine Daoutis (that’s me, in an equivalent role here at UCL) and Victoria Rendell (doing her MA in Library and Information Studies here at UCL) decided to create a virtual museum like no other. Imagine the Greek marbles, Eddie Van Halen’s guitar, Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait, a rowing machine, the Vitruvian Man and other works in the same room, and you get the picture, as it were.
Our purpose was to address issues that arise in art contexts. What is infringement and what is inspiration? Can you really claim new copyright to a digital reproduction of an old painting that is out of copyright? Can you photobomb the Mona Lisa, or rather, can the Mona Lisa photobomb you?
Image created by Erica Levi. See copyright information on the individual third-party images included here.
Whether you are interested in art or not, this resource will hopefully encourage you to think about copyright in new ways.
Click on the image or on this game link to play.
Explore more copyright resources.
- If you like escape rooms and other interactive resources, explore Erica Levi’s website.
- If you like Star Wars, complete the UCL Copyright Essentials online tutorial and may the Force be with you.
- If you are a UCL member of staff or student and prefer traditional face-to-face board games, get your friends together and attend the Copyright for Humans game session on the 11 th of June at 2 pm at the Science library, UCL. Register for this session.
UCL students and staff, rate your copyright confidence (and enter a £25 voucher prize draw).
How confident are you around copyright? And what support do you need to get (even) more confident?
Answer 4 questions in this short anonymous survey. If you are happy to provide your name and email, you can enter a draw to win a £25 love2shop voucher. Your personal details will not be shared with anyone else.
Contact copyright@ucl.ac.uk if you have any questions.
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Christina Daouti wrote on 15 May 2025:
Thank you! Behind every musician there’s a copyright story. Thanks for sharing with your School.
I never expected to see Eddie Van Halen mentioned in a Copyright blog post but I appreciate it. Thank you, this looks really interesting. I will share with SHS.