Elisabeth M. Long Digital Library Development Center University of Chicago Library elong@uchicago.edu CreativeCommons.org: CreativeCommons.org: Publishing in the Publishing in the Digital Age Digital Age The Library and The Library and Copyright Copyright
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Elisabeth M. LongDigital Library Development CenterUniversity of Chicago [email protected]
CreativeCommons.org:CreativeCommons.org:Publishing in the Digital Publishing in the Digital AgeAgeThe Library and The Library and CopyrightCopyright
Why now?Why now? Past technologies:
Limited/localized distribution Reproduction process slow Clunky interfaces
Digital technology: Global distribution Ease of reproduction Enhanced functionality
Copyright and Copyright and LibrariesLibraries Materials we want to use
How do we know if it is under copyright? Well if it was published in 1938 and it doesn’t have a copyright
statement then it is in the public domain, but if it did have a copyright statement it may be under copyright, but if and only if the copyright was renewed 28 years later, and this is assuming that the book in question was published in the United States……
What rights can we exercise? What barriers prevent us?
Materials that we produce What rights should we claim? How can we effectively disseminate?
Materials We Want to Materials We Want to UseUse Make available for research and teaching
E-reserve Licensed material Course management systems
Convert for better accessibility/functionality e.g. web distribution, full-text searching
Archive and preserve Print materials Ephemeral, born-digital materials
Archiving Born-digital Archiving Born-digital MaterialsMaterials Government documents
Here today, gone tomorrow Copyright status of independent contractor-
produced material on websites Grey literature
Reports, conference proceedings, pre-prints, technical specs and standards, etc.
Corporate Web sites Academic Web sites Faculty papers and lectures
What are the What are the Problems?Problems? Investigation procedure: long and costly
Law is complex Low response rates, inconclusive results
Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act Protect Mickey Mouse! Annual passage of materials into the
public domain frozen until 2018 Law since 1989: works copyrighted by
default
Copyright By Copyright By Default…Default… Balance tipped towards restrictiveness Intent does not equal law
Author’s apparent non-enforcement does not give us explicit rights
Who is copyright holder? Without notice – hard to tell
What year did copyright begin? Web publications often have only a current
date stamp – no indication of original publication date
Where Does This Leave Where Does This Leave Us?Us? Can’t collect materials we would have in
Don’t leave the librarian of the Don’t leave the librarian of the future with the same challenges future with the same challenges we face nowwe face nowSlides available at: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/dldc/talks/2004/aall-creativecommons/