Re: RE: Copyright and Preservation Copies

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Robert Spindler
Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:49:39 -0700

Re: today's posts re: Copyright provisions for preservation copying I
believe it is the fair use provisions of copyright law that allow
production of one copy for preservation purposes, but I also believe
these concepts are threatened by the current WIPO proposals and
legislation currently before Congress (I believe there are two important
proposals currently before Congress, one proposes to extend copyright
protections for an additional 25 years and the other deals with limiting
fair use provisions with an eye toward the electronic intellectual
property arena.) I know that the library and archival communities have
grave concerns about the content of both of these bills and the effect
they will have on future scholarship and creative activity. Perhaps
someone more involved with the very current lobbying efforts on these
bills can give us a more precise update on where we stand?

In short, the legislative and commercial intellectual property creators
are moving musch faster than the preservation and research communities
on these issues and it appears the resulting legislation may well
reflect that....

Rob Spindler, Head
Dept. of Archives and Manuscripts
Arizona State University Libraries, Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Beagrie
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 1998 8:49 AM
>
> Subject: Re: Preservation Studies in the UK and Europe
>
> Hi Stewart -I would say both are happening at present.
>
> Converging in the sense that everyone is confronting similar issues
> for example different sectors are trying to address the
> software/hardware obsolescence issue for the different media they
> are involved with. For video the UPF initiative, for records
> management there's a BSI working party sponsored by our Public Record
> Office which is looking at "bundling" of parts of the software with
> the records data package to extend the shelf-life between migrations
> and streamline formats and costs.
>
> Similarly each sector is increasingly using the concept of the
> life-cycle of a resource in some form to manage/influence data
> creation and preservation.
>
> They are diverging in the sense that many initiatives are restricted
> to a single sector at present, although that is changing as awareness
> and cross-sectoral collaboration increases. However awareness of the
> issues and challenges in digital preservation is still not
> widespread. The TV and press coverage for the film and conference
> noted on the Timeandbits discussion seems a great step forward.
>
> Neil
> On Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:36:57 -0800 Stewart Brand <> wrote:
>
>
> > That's extremely helpful, Neil. To me it looks like further
> indication
> > that Europe is leading the way on this issue.
> >
> > Is it your sense that the digital preservation efforts so far are
> trending
> > toward convergence, or toward divergence?...
> >
> >
>
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