Online Resource Kit

The Copyright Online Resource Kit is a work in progress. Currently, it contains presentations and handouts from the Copyright In A Digital Age Workshops held at several times and locations.

• Copyright Basics in a Digital World: Copyright Law in Cyberspace
• Institutional and Policy Issues: Getting It Down In Writing
• Intellectual Property Audits
• Risk Management: What Can I Do and How Safe Is It?
• The Permissions Process
• Creativity, Education and Context: Copyright in a Digital World
• Canadian Copyright
• Establishing an Active Working Relationship with Copyright Law
• Additional Resources

Copyright Basics in a Digital World: Copyright Law in Cyberspace
Georgia Harper, Manager, Intellectual Property Section, Office of General Counsel for the University of Texas System

An introduction and overview to copyright issues in the digital environment.

As presented at IMLS Web Wise, February 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)
Additional Resources (Microsoft Word Document)

As presented at SAA, August 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at AMIA, November 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at ALA Midwinter, January 2004
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at Missouri Digitization Pre-Conference, February 10, 2004
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

Institutional and Policy Issues: Getting It Down In Writing
Lolly Gasaway, Professor of Law and Director of the Law Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Outlines the need for and processes for developing an institutional copyright policy. Discusses the issues involved in works for hire, collaborative work, and other important policy decisions.

As presented at IMLS Web Wise, February 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at ALA Midwinter, January 2004
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

Intellectual Property Audits
Maria Pallante-Hyun, Attorney at Law

As presented at SAA, August 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at AMIA, November 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at Missouri Digitization Pre-Conference, February 10, 2004
Presented by David Green
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

Checklist for Intellectual Property Audits (Microsoft Word Document)

Sample forms related to copyright. (All forms are Microsoft Word Documents)

Artist Deed of Gift
Deed of Gift
Exhibition Loan Agreement
General Adult Release
General Minor Release
Independent Contractor Agreement
Non-Exclusive License for Copyright
Non-Exclusive License for Copyright - Living Artist, Major Exhibition
Rights and Reproduction Associate Job Description

Risk Management: What Can I Do and How Safe Is It?
Rachelle Browne, Assistant General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution

Archives, libraries, museums, historical societies and other cultural heritage organizations generally are organized as non-profits. Further, most of their activities, which range from publishing books to developing exhibitions and public programs, are primarily educational in purpose. Because of their non-profit status and primarily educational purposes, cultural heritage organizations often may and have relied upon the “fair use” standard and certain exemptions or privileges contained in the federal copyright law for using copyrighted materials, without the consent of the copyright owners, in developing many projects.

As presented at IMLS Web Wise, February 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)
Paper (Microsoft Word Document)

As presented at SAA, August 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at AMIA, November 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at ALA Midwinter, January 2004
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at Missouri Digitization Pre-Conference, February 10, 2004
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

The Permissions Process
Linda Tadic, Director of Operations, ARTstor

"This paper focuses on copyright and permissions issues involved in using still images, audio, video, and text on the internet. It has been argued that the internet should be considered a new distribution medium, with unique laws and licensing requirements distinguished from those applied to more traditional means of distribution, such as publishing and broadcasting. Until recently, laws and practices have tried to fit copyright and the internet into these traditional constructs. But the internet is different, in that it provides quality copies of digital works immediately upon transmission. Users can easily make perfect copies of these digital works with one click of the mouse. A new distribution model for the internet is needed."

As presented at IMLS Web Wise, February 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)
Paper (Microsoft Word Document)

As presented at SAA, August 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at AMIA, November 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at ALA Midwinter, January 2004
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at Missouri Digitization Pre-Conference, February 10, 2004
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

Creativity, Education and Context: Copyright in a Digital World
Rina Elster Pantalony, Legal Counsel, CHIN

As presented at AMIA, November 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

As presented at ALA Midwinter, January 2004
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

Canadian Copyright
Lesley Ellen Harris

As presented at AMIA, November 2003
Presentation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation)

Establishing an Active Working Relationship with Copyright Law
David Green

Keynote address at Missouri Digitization Pre-Conference, February 10, 2004
Address (.rtf file)

Additional Resources

Indiana University Copyright Management Center, "Checklist for Fair Use"
http://www.iupui. edu/~copyinfo/fuchecklist.html

June M. Besek, "Copyright issues relevant to the creation of a digital archive: a preliminary assessment." Council on Library & Information Resources (January, 2003). http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub112/pub112.pdf

The Making of Modern Michigan, Copyright Resources.
http://mmm.lib.msu.edu/html/videos.html

Melissa Smith Levine, "References for Information About Law and the Online World,"
as presented at the Fall 2002 School for Scanning

Michigan Library Consortium, “Copyright Issues for Libraries When Digitizing Materials for the Web.”
http://www.mlcnet.org/services/copydigitize.php

NAGPRA Database Site
http://www.cast.uark.edu/other/nps/nagpra/nagpra.html

National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage, “The NINCH Guide to Good Practice in the Digital Representation and Management of Cultural Heritage Materials.”
Chapter 4: Rights Management
http://www.nyu.edu/its/humanities/ninchguide/IV/

When Works Pass Into the Public Domain,”(compiled by Lolly Gasaway) http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm