1	Copyright Status Information in Metadata California Digital Library Rights Project Sharon Farb Karen Coyle
2	“Rights” and controls over access and uses of digital information Copyright Contracts or Licenses Technological controls Other “rights” and or controls including privacy, right of publicity
3	Change in Copyright Law Before 1986: duration based on date of copyright or creation Prior 1989: notice required After: duration based on life of the author Now: life of the author plus 70 years
4	"“" “a big mistake, but one that Congress can make” Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, on the latest extension to the copyright term
5	Why would libraries and users benefit from copyright metadata schema now? Copyright controls “copying” and “copies” of creative expression Every use in digital environment creates a “copy” Every use potentially implicated or controlled by copyright Libraries throughout time mission provide long-term access and use of collections Copyright metadata schema designed to support use and uses of digital information
6	"Goal" Goal: “Save the time of the reader” S R Ranganathan 5 Laws of Library Science 1931
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9	Copyright status is not static Circumstantial Depends on user and uses Changes over time
10	What are the metadata elements that can support the copyright status of the item?
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13	Available Metadata Formats
14	Data Elements Creator(s) Rights holder(s) Publishing information Creation information
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16	Publishing Information Published/unpublished? Publisher name Publisher contact information Date of publication Country of creation or publication
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18	Creator(s) Creator name Personal or corporate? Personal creator death date
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20	Rights Holder(s) Rights holder name Rights holder contact (holder or agent) Rights statements from work
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22	Services Contact Contact information Notes
23	Dealing with Unknowns Information is unknown E.g. photo with no information about photographer, location, date Information is not provided in metadata E.g. archive was unable to examine each piece Information exists but is not for public display “Contact archive for more information”
24	Dealing with Uncertainty Date is… Exact Approximate Unknown
25	What’s required? <copyright copyright.status= publication.status= "copyrighted" "pd" "unknown" "published" "unpublished" "unknown" />
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28	Rights Schema Alpha http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/rights/schema/
29	Contact Information