tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6464393546256120997..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Will there continue to be a content preservation function for the copyright laws?Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-83144116314988719152014-01-21T15:59:15.591+00:002014-01-21T15:59:15.591+00:00Congratulations to Mrs. Kat for (belatedly) taking...Congratulations to Mrs. Kat for (belatedly) taking up the best job in the world, that of being an archivist. Archivists acquire/accession, appraise, organize, preserve, and make accessible material of enduring value.<br /><br />I would disagree that copyright deposit in the US was driven by content preservation concerns. Much of the material that is sent to the copyright office is never added to the Library of Congress collections (thought that material that is added is preserved).<br /><br />As for digital books and journals, library-stipulated initiatives such as PORTICO and LOCKSS/CLOCKSS are seeking to ensure that digital content is preserved for the future. A bigger problem is material that is never purchased and over whose market libraries have little influence. One particular <a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2014/01/born-digital-works-today-maybe-gone-tomorrow/" rel="nofollow">problem</a> is music that only can be acquired via iTunes. Born-digital archives also present a preservation problem due to copyright, as Andrew Charlesworth has <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7207/twr12-02" rel="nofollow">reported</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-39456256553818156782014-01-17T21:21:03.691+00:002014-01-17T21:21:03.691+00:00erratum
"the actual submission of such a cop...erratum<br /><br />"the actual submission of such a copy" <br /><br />should read <br /><br />"the requirement in order to obtain a right of the actual submission of such a copy"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-73822894629635167622014-01-17T17:59:56.782+00:002014-01-17T17:59:56.782+00:00I recently retired as a practising archivist who ...I recently retired as a practising archivist who specialised for most of his career in copyright and who has published several editions of a guide to copyright for archivists. I was therefore pleased to read an article on copyright that even refers to archives, but dismayed, as is all too usual, to see the IPKat confusing libraries and archives. They are quite different things. In elementary terms, a library tends to contain published works, an archive tends to contain unique unpublished works that have been accumulated as a by-product of the working of an organisation or individual. There are of course many unpublished works in libraries and published works in archives, but the fundamental difference is clear. Archives are therefore wholly unconcerned with legal deposit.<br /><br />Preservation of archival materials is a fundamental activity of archivists. In many countries, including the UK, preservation activities are supported by the copyright law, which permits the making of preservation copies. In the case of the UK, the relevant preservation exception is, all being well, to be amended so as to cover explicitly the needs of digital archival materials. Moreover, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of WIPO is working on a possible treaty that would contain an article laying down minimum requirements for library and archival preservation exceptions to copyright. Tim, Copyright for Archivistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255486832652479634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-12686030005644384902014-01-17T16:30:08.809+00:002014-01-17T16:30:08.809+00:00From a US perspective, the concept of "obliga...From a US perspective, the concept of "<i>obligation of the copyright system to address the issue of the preservation of contents</i>" is borne by the Library of Congress. In order to meet that goal, the aforementioned 'mandatory' submission of works (even in digital form) was proscribed.<br /><br />A rather sizable caveat exists though (and I am not completely certain as I can afford no citation), the actual submission of such a copy of work may violate the establishment of a copyright under international agreements - much like the former requirement of actually using the copyright symbol and year of copyright was considered merely a 'procedural' mechanism.<br /><br />Good luck to the Kat in the new venture!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-84399515962105158412014-01-17T15:49:21.578+00:002014-01-17T15:49:21.578+00:00Thank you to the two comments so far. I feel I sh...Thank you to the two comments so far. I feel I should perhaps point out that the IPKat is not a UK-only blog, and that the poster of this item does not practise in the UK. It should not therefore be expected that it be written from the point of view of UK legislation.Darren Smythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252776942038752516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-48745089062190392522014-01-17T15:39:23.737+00:002014-01-17T15:39:23.737+00:00Additionally, although legal deposit was mandated ...Additionally, although legal deposit was mandated by copyright acts, it has never been a requirement for copyright to exist in a work under UK law.LondonKdShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11634307887684030342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-65082992356579936752014-01-17T15:04:44.466+00:002014-01-17T15:04:44.466+00:00I am pleased to be able to report that the nation&...I am pleased to be able to report that the nation's librarians have been addressing the issue of deposit of electronic publications.<br /><br />"From 6 April 2013, legal deposit covers e-books, e-journals and other types of electronic publication, plus other material that is made available to the public in the UK on handheld media such as CD-ROMs and microfilm, on the web (including websites) and by download from a website. However the Act and Regulations do not apply to intranets, emails, restricted personal data, cinema films and recorded music publications, although the Regulations do cover music, sound and video contained within other publications" - British Library website:<br />http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/legaldeposit/websites/<br /><br />A minor slap on the wrist for the IPKat (or at least his headline writer), who should have consulted the better half, who would almost certainly have advised him that legal deposit is governed by the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 and not (any longer) by copyright law.<br /><br />The deposit of electronic material is particularly governed by the Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations 2013 made under the 2003 act. A discussion of how the Regulations are to be implemented can be found at:<br />http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/legaldeposit/websites/collectingplans/<br /><br />Web pages are also being archived by the British Library.<br />http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/legaldeposit/websites/websites/<br /><br />Before the implementation of the Regulations, there were voluntary deposit schemes.Chris Torrero MCLIPnoreply@blogger.com