i2010 Digital Libraries: DOA 3 COPYRIGHT
The biggest problem with copyright is a
conceptual/categorical mismatch as a result of technological
changes.
DOA 3
COPYRIGHT
<quote>
What
measures of a legislative, technical, organisational or other nature, could
facilitate the digitisation and subsequent
accessibility of copyrighted material, while
respecting the legitimate interests of
authors?
</quote>
Let
us note the Creative
Commons
initiative:
<quote>
The
Creative Commons initiative, which started in the USA, is gaining ground in
different European countries. It provides a
set of user-friendly online licenses giving
creators of content the opportunity to
protect some of their rights, while giving away
others. Licences are available in human
readable, lawyer readable and machine
readable versions. In May 2004, the BBC
announced that it would make part of its
archives available online to the public for
use through a Creative Commons license.
This
Creative Archive scheme seems to have been slowed down, amongst others
because of rights clearing issues for the
underlying material.
</quote>
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and
remember the appalling situation regarding James Joyce's
Ulysses:
<quote>
This
was relevant in the event of a planned public reading of Joyce’s Ulysses
in 2004
at the event of the 100th birthday
of its publication. The public reading was stopped
by Joyce’s heirs, invoking their
copyrights. The work had fallen into the public
domain under Irish copyright law, but
copyright was revived again as a result of the
terms directive. Emergency legislation was
enacted to make the public reading
possible
after
all.
</quote>
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Posted: Wed - November 16, 2005 at 12:39 p.m.