Licensing your library’s treasures

Gwen Franck, Creative Commons, EIFL Dorota Kawęcka, CC Poland & Open GLAM

ELAG 2014, Bath

Part 1: intellectual property

intellectual property copyright neighbouring rights database rights ….

copyright

exclusive right of the creator for distribution and use of the work

only original material expressions are copyright protected

rule of thumb: death + 70

•  “Hamlet” by Shakespeare •  “Nightwatch” by Rembrandt van Rijn •  9th Symphony by Ludwig van Bethoveen •  “Victory Boogie-Woogie” by Mondriaan •  “Eat Sleep Rave Repeat” by Fatboy Slim •  doodle on a napkin

rule of thumb: everything before 1860 is free of copyright

everything after 1943 is copyright protected

intellectual property

= all rights reserved

neighbouring rights

database rights do not deal with content but with ordering/structure

always check your own jurisdiction

Public Domain

physical property ≠

intellectual property

part 2: open licenses

“A piece of data or content is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at

most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike.”

opendefinition.org

Attribution

attribution

•  provide the title of the work •  provide the name of the creator

•  mention if the object has been altered

•  provide the name of the license and a link to the deed

•  provide the name of the source and link to that source

ShareAlike

NonCommercial

NoDerivatives

Public Domain Mark

Creative Commons 0

how to license your collections?

Metadata Content

You are the rights holder

Public Domain

You are the rights holder

Rights Holder is third party

how do I know? http://outofcopyright.eu/

title modification original work author of the new work license

title, author license, modification

Source: http://www.zofiarydet.com/en/photo?page=1&photo=zr_01_001_05

Source: http://www.zofiarydet.com/en/pages/copyright

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436532?rpp=30&pg=1&rndkey=20140520&ao=on&ft=*&who=Vincent+van+Gogh&pos=4 http://www.metmuseum.org/research/image-resources

Source: https://www.getty.edu/about/opencontent.html

Source: http://www.pinterest.com/gettyresearch/what-was-left-behind/

Source: http://scorpiondagger.tumblr.com/post/87537285073

Source: http://scorpiondagger.tumblr.com/post/86942418913/w-sztuczne-fiolki

questions?

Thanks!