DMCA takedown notices and the eScholarship repository

DMCA Takedown Notices and the eScholarship Repository

Katie FortneyCalifornia Digital Library@kfortney

Context1. The UC System

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Context2. eScholarship

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March 2014:1 set of takedown notices

9 articles1 publisherAll >6 years old

It was kind of a mess.

Weird + New= Confusing

(and scary.)

How can you minimize the stress?Preparation and communication.

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1.What do you tell the user?2.Who else do you notify?3.How do you define “expeditiously”?4. If you take something down,

what do you put in its place?5.Who needs to sign off on this plan?6.And last but not least…

Share your story.

• https://www.chillingeffects.org/• Blog if you’ve got one.

• Our post: bit.ly/eScholASCE