1 implementing the new copyright legislation andrew braid licensing & copyright compliance the...
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3 EU Copyright Directive “The harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society” Implemented “to meet the challenges of the Internet, e-commerce and digital technology.” 22 June month implementation period (22 Dec 2002) 22 optional exceptions plus one mandatory (for incidental or transient storage of e-files) Note that existing exceptions cannot continue if they are outside the 22 listed.TRANSCRIPT
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Implementing the new copyright legislation
Andrew Braid
Licensing & Copyright Compliance
The British Library
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Reasons for change
WIPO Copyright Treaty December 1996 (DMCA USA 1998) Needs 30 countries to ratify it (happened
in mid- 2002)
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EU Copyright Directive
“The harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society”
Implemented “to meet the challenges of the Internet, e-commerce and digital technology.”
22 June 2001 18 month implementation period (22 Dec
2002) 22 optional exceptions plus one mandatory
(for incidental or transient storage of e-files) Note that existing exceptions cannot
continue if they are outside the 22 listed.
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UK Implementation
Changes implemented via European Communities Act, restricts changes only to those requiredConsultation Process
August – October 2002Main changes proposed:
Legal protection for technological systems Control of on demand transmission Changes in sanctions an remedies Compliance with compulsory and permitted
exceptions Limits fair dealing to non-commercial
purposes only
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Current law
Fair dealing (s29)
“Library Privilege” exceptions (ss37-39)
Supply of copies to other prescribed libraries (s41)
Supply of replacement copies (s42)
Parliamentary and judicial proceedings (s45)
Royal Commissions and statutory inquiries (s46)
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Copyright Regulations (SI 1989:1212)
Defines prescribed libraries
Details regulations for supply under ss 38 and 39
Declaration form
Details supply under ss 41 and 42
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Probable changes
Limitation of copies required for research and private study to research of a non-commercial purpose and private study
Fair dealing Library exceptions
Solution Licensed copies
Problem areas Reading Rooms Newspapers Maps
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What BL is doing
FAQs www.bl.uk/copyright
Re-registration of document supply customers
Copyright Fee Paid service
Reading Rooms
Newspapers
Maps
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What the CLA is doing
‘Sticker’ scheme for readers Set fee Counterfoil to record details Fee passed to CLA
Scheme for document supply Low use <10 cpm Medium use 10 – 100 cpm High use > 100 cpm
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Others
Newspapers Discussions with NLA
Maps Discussions with Ordnance Survey
Electronic signatures