Section 108 Copyright Study Group's Report Recently Released

Created by Anna Gould (EDUCAUSE) on April 7, 2008

The Section 108 Copyright Study Group (www.section108.gov), which was assembled to study and look for potential changes to copyright law, released its report on March 31. Established under the watch of the Library of Congress, this group of independent experts was charged with finding areas in copyright law that might need changes in order to better balance the positions of rights holders and "cultural memory organizations such as libraries and archives in the digital world."

The group has worked on this issue for nearly three years. Among their recommendations, they conclude:

Museums should be included for Section 108 eligibility, since they perform many of the same functions as libraries and archives.
A new exception should be added to Section 108 to permit certain qualified libraries and archives to make preservation copies of at-risk published works prior to damage or loss.
Libraries and archives should be permitted to make a limited number of copies to create and maintain a single replacement or preservation copy. This would allow libraries to more securely preserve digital materials.

For more information, please see their full report at:http://www.section108.gov/docs/Sec108StudyGroupReport.pdf.

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		Section 108 Copyright Study Group's Report Recently Released Created by Anna Gould (EDUCAUSE) on April 7, 2008 The Section 108 Copyright Study Group (www.section108.gov), which was assembled to study and look for potential changes to copyright law, released its report on March 31. Established under the watch of the Library of Congress, this group of independent experts was charged with finding areas in copyright law that might need changes in order to better balance the positions of rights holders and "cultural memory organizations such as libraries and archives in the digital world." The group has worked on this issue for nearly three years. Among their recommendations, they conclude: Museums should be included for Section 108 eligibility, since they perform many of the same functions as libraries and archives. A new exception should be added to Section 108 to permit certain qualified libraries and archives to make preservation copies of at-risk published works prior to damage or loss. Libraries and archives should be permitted to make a limited number of copies to create and maintain a single replacement or preservation copy. This would allow libraries to more securely preserve digital materials. For more information, please see their full report at:http://www.section108.gov/docs/Sec108StudyGroupReport.pdf. Washington Update \| Copyright \| copyright permissions \| Digital Collections \| Digital Library Services \| Federal Copyright Law Anna's blog Login or register to post comments 188 reads
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