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Intellectual Property Working Group
Advice and Advocacy
American Archivist Publications License
Provided advice to the American Archivist board regarding language to include in authors' agreements and the AA copyright statement. (September 2007)
Greenberg v. National Geographic (Greenberg II)
Recommended that SAA sign on to an amici brief, together with American Association of Law Libraries, ALA, ARL, Medical Library Association and SLA. (October 2007)
Digital Millenium Copyright Act Exemptions
The call for the next round of DMCA exemptions is likely to be in October 2009. The IPWG plans to provide a submission in support of archivists. In particular we plan to collect examples of how access controls have hurt archives. Archivists who want to contribute their DMCA stories can contact Aprille McKay (aprille [at] umich.edu).
Orphaned Works
In 2008, the IP Working Group proposes to create guidelines for best practices for reasonable investigation of orphaned works in archives, which include the elements for identifying and locating the copyright owner in good faith, identifying location tools and other appropriate tools, required documentation. The group hopes to make the best practices available as a checklist or chart if possible, with an accompanying text. To that end, the group is currently seeking funding for a two day meeting in March, 2008 though a proposal to RLG.
Section 108 Study Group
The Section 108 Study Group is a select committee of copyright experts, convened by the Library of Congress, and charged with updating for the digital world the Copyright Act’s balance between the rights of creators and copyright owners and the needs of libraries and archives. See http://www.loc.gov/section108/. Peter Hirtle, immediate past chair of the IP Working Group and former president of the Society of American Archivists serves as a member of this group.
SAA President Elizabeth Adkins submitted comments to the Study Group on 16 Mar. 2007, summarizing the Section 108 revisions most desired by archivists. See all the public comments here.
In January, 2007, William Maher, a past president of SAA, and a member of the IP Working Group testified on behalf of SAA in a public meeting. Transcripts of the proceedings can be seen below:
This roundtable followed up on the earlier roundtable in March, 2006, in which Richard Pearce-Moses, then president of SAA, testified on behalf of SAA. Transcripts of the proceedings can be seen below:
IP working group pages maintained by Aprille McKay
Last updated: 13 Dec. 2007
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