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AHDS Copyright Resources
Documents and information to help with copyright problems in digitisation projects
Electronic Resources
Copyright FAQs, AHDS / TASI
- Answers to common issues when dealing with copyright
- Particularly useful for those considering digitisation
Copyright and Other Rights Issues in Digitisation, AHDS
- A brief-ish introduction to copyright issues.
Case Study: Developing Licence Agreements, AHDS
- Seeking and negotiating the rights to digitise images
Case Study: Protecting Copyright, AHDS
- How one project dealt with its resources being copied without permission
Case Study: Tracing Copyright Holders, AHDS
- Tracing copyright holders of historical material
Sample Licence Agreement, AHDS Visual Arts
- Details of the AHDS Visual Arts Fine Art Project including a sample licence agreement
- (The link to the license agreement is near the foot of the page)
Slides from Copyright Workshops ,
- Slides from an AHDS Copyright Workshop run in 2003
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Other Copyright Sources and Experts
FAQ on Rights in the Works of James Joyce (select appropriate page from list given on website)
- Very useful template of various copyright issues - copyright and unpublihsed letters, comparisons between EU and US scenarios, use of quotations, moral rights - in one particular author.
AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
- Research Centre, funded by AHRC, exploring the relationship between law, technology, commerce and society
AHRC Copyright Research Network
- AHRC Project exploring new directions in copyright law, including those effected by digital technologies
JISCLegal
- JISC-funded service which can offer a wide range of information of legal issues, including those relation to Intellectual Property Rights such as copyright.
Museums Copyright Group (external link)
- Very useful site, with a range of resources, responding to copyright concerns of museums nationwide.
Copyright Matters, University of Glasgow (external link)
- Concise and practical information from the University of Glasgow on IPR and copyright
- Written with working practices of lecturers, researchers and students in mind
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Resources (Printed)
Art and Copyright, Simon Stokes, ISBN 184113225X
- Extended discussion of art and copyright, including the digital context
A Guide to Copyright for Museums and Galleries, Peter Wienand, Anna Booy, Robin Fry, ISBN 0415217210
- Excellent coverage of various copyright problems with cultural objects. Sample licenses included.
Copyright for Archivists, Tim Padfield, 1903365139
- Very useful for determining copyright issues for historical material.
- Flowcharts from the book (helping to determine copyright subsistence in a work) are also available on the Museum Copyright Group website.
Page last modified: 3rd March 2004 by Alastair Dunning