Intellectual Property and Copyright Issues Relating to the Preservation and Future Accessibility of Digital Public Television Programs

Contents: 1. Introduction: Public Television Preservation & The Obstacle of Copyrights 2. Ownership of Public Broadcasting Programs 3. Digital Preservation and the Limits of the Copyright Law 4. Initiatives to Improve Copyright Laws for Digital Preservation 5. Legal Implications for Preserving Digital Public Television Appendix A Underlying Rights in Public Television Programming Appendix B Clearing Archival Programming for Reuse: Two …

The Orphan Works Problem: The Copyright Conundrum of Digitizing Large-Scale Audiovisual Archives, and How to Solve It

This article examines and evaluates possible solutions to the ‘orphan’ works problem (works for which the copyright owners cannot be identified or located). Following a definition of orphan works ( verweesde werken ) and an estimation of the actual size of the problem, it describes and evaluates six different possible regulatory solutions, including extended collective licensing and compulsory licensing. The …

Vdfp audio and video fingerprinting

Contents: Techniek in het kort Sound & Vision Pilot Sound & Vision Pilot Results ZiuZ Sound & Vision Pilot Results JRS Sound & Vision Pilot Results Future improvement on current results. Presentatie ter afronding van het project vdFP Video Fingerprinting (2009-2010) waarin de mogelijkheden zijn onderzocht voor de uitrol van deze technologie binnen Beeld en Geluid. Voor het project is …

Final Guidelines on Copyright Clearance and IPR Management

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Copyright basics 3. Clearing the rights for cinematographic related works 4. Diligent search guidelines for rights holders 5. The decision models 6. Copyright essentials 7. Timeline important dates in European copyright legislation 8. Conclusion Dit rapport is opgesteld door het EYE Filminstituut in het kader van het Europese project The European Film Gateway (EFG). Van 13 …

The State of Recorded Sound Preservation in the United States: A National Legacy at Risk in the Digital Age

Contents: Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction and Summary 1. Sound Recording Collections: An Overview of Preservation and Public Access in the Twenty-first Century 2. Technical Issues in Digital Audio Preservation 3. Development of Curricula in Recorded Sound Preservation and Archives Management 4. Preservation, Access, and Copyright: A Tangled Web Appendix A. National Recorded Sound Preservation Study: Announcement of Study and Public Hearing …