BHL and COPYRIGHT

Details: https://bhl.wikispaces.com/CopyrightConnie Rinaldo: @coniferrcrinaldo@oeb.harvard.edu

BHL GOAL

• Unlock the vast array of biodiversity-related literature in libraries

• Provide open access to this literature• Expose public domain literature• Negotiate with rights holders• Allow flow to users anywhere

What does this mean?

• Material in BHL can be reused & repurposed• Public Domain: For US pre 1923; WIPO review:

http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/general/public_domain.html

• Permission from copyright holder• BHL does not hold any copyright

Copyright metadata

• Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection

• No known copyright as determined by scanning institution

• In copyright. Digitized with the permission of the rights holder.

Copyright Statements

Creative Commons Non-Commercial

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Different countries have different laws for copyright

• BHL cannot advise you or any other party about interpretation of your country’s copyright laws

• Works that may be in the public domain in the United States may not be in the public domain in other countries

• Review WIPO for help: http://www.wipo.int• Review http://www.aca2k.org/index.php/ The African

Copyright & Access to Knowledge Project (ACA2K)

Local Responsibility

• Local copyright laws must always be followed

Memorandum of Understanding • “Commit to allow hosting of their library-produced digitized

biodiversity literature by the BHL under open access, viz. either public domain material or Creative Commons license CCBY.” US/UK

• “subject to Creative Commons CCBY license” Africa

Creative Commons

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Internet Archive

• Work submitted through the Internet Archive becomes free to download or reuse by anyone

• Appropriate metadata for copyright is required

• Be sure you know the copyright status of a work before you release it

QUESTIONS?

Great and small game of Africa, London :Rowland Ward, Limited,1899.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114236