Campaign to free our history - reform copyright | CILIP

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-11-03

Summary:

" ... 'We are asking everyone who cares about our history, everyone who cares about telling our collective story without restrictions, to join the campaign.' Up to 50% of archival records in the UK are ‘orphan works’. This is when the rights holder cannot be identified and/or traced. The Imperial War Museum has an estimated 1.75 million documents that are orphan works, approximately 20-25% of the 7.9 million documents in their collections. The campaign is calling on the UK Government to reduce the term of copyright protection in certain unpublished works from the end of the year 2039 to the author’s lifetime plus 70 years, as per provisions laid out in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act (ERRA) 2013. Campaign supporters include the National Library of Scotland, the Imperial War Museums, the University of Leeds and the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals. Supporters are being asked to sign a petition and use #catch2039 on Twitter to spread the word. More details about campaign."

Link:

http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/news/campaign-free-our-history-reform-copyright

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Tags:

oa.museums oa.archives oa.libraries oa.glam oa.uk oa.policies oa.orphans oa.licensing oa.copyright oa.signatures oa.petitions oa.advocacy oa.new ru.sparc oa.libre oa.ch

Date tagged:

11/03/2014, 07:36

Date published:

11/03/2014, 10:33