PETER B. HIRTLEINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

OFFICERCORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

PBH6@CORNELL.EDU

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND THE LAW

4 Topics

Professional unwillingness to push the legal envelope

Inadvertent infringement: with no consequences

New guidelines that adopt a more liberal approach to the law

“Things that keep me up at night” Privacy legislation Traditional cultural expression (TCE) treaty International jurisdiction issues

Curators respect copyright

IX. Law

Archivists must uphold all federal, state, and local laws.

II. Privacy

Archivists protect the privacy rights of donors and individuals or groups who are the subject of records.

http://www.archivists.org/governance/handbook/app_ethics.asp

A repository should facilitate access to collections by providing reasonably priced reproduction services that are administered consistently in accordance with legal authority, including copyright law….

http://www.archivists.org/statements/ALA-SAA-Access09.asp

ALA/SAA Joint Statement on Access to Research Materials in Archives and Special Collections Libraries

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/2488801915/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163043301/sizes/o/

“Sheriff & Deputies in Court, Los Angeles”

http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/watson/

Accession Number: 1982:1712:0001

Maker: Unidentified

Title: Woman and boy sitting in chair

Date: ca. 1915

Medium: color plate, screen (Autochrome) process

Dimensions: Image: 7.3 x 6.6 cm Overall: 8.3 x 10.1 cm

George Eastman House Collection

http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/rights/

http://www.archivists.org/standards/

http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/tk/en/consultations/draft_provisions/pdf/tce-provisions.pdf