Infopeople Webcast
From Red Light to Green Light: Copyright Issues in Digitizing Photographs in Library Collections
Libraries are making innovative use of their local treasures. The Library of Congress is sharing a sampling of its rich collection on Flickr, as well continuing to make its own American Memory site a must visit. If your library has been digitizing some of its treasures to put online, stop into this webcast for a concrete, understandable approach to understanding the copyright issues critical to your project.
Spend an hour of prevention watching this webcast, and minimize the chances of lengthy legal battles in the future. This webcast is recommended for all libraries participating in the Local History Digital Resources Program (LHDRP).
Handouts
- Speaker's slides
- PowerPoint [7.02mb] - Acrobat (3 slides per page) [388kb]
- Speaker's handouts
- Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States (Hirtle chart)
www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ - Library Digitization Projects: U.S. Copyrighted Works that have Expired into the Public Domain (Minow chart)
www.librarylaw.com/DigitizationTable.htm - Copyright Law - Section 108 Library Exception
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/108.html - Copyright Law - Section 107 Fair Use
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html - Checklist for Fair Use - Indiana University Copyright Management Center
www.copyright.iupui.edu/checklist.pdf - Getting Permission - University of Texas Copyright Crash Course
www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/permissn.htm - Web Accessibility Initiative - Introduction
www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php - NAGPRA - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/ - HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/ - Charts and Tools (to help check copyright status, including images)
fairuse.stanford.edu
- Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States (Hirtle chart)
