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Various papers and reports discussing copyright issues pertinent to libraries and archives can be found here. The Overview of the Libraries and Archives Exception in the Copyright Act was prepared for the Study Group by the U.S. Copyright Office in order to provide historical and other background information on Section 108, as well as an explanation of its provisions. Other papers were authored by members of the Section 108 Study Group independently of their affiliation with the group; they provide additional background and illustrative information on the issues the Study Group will be addressing.
- Overview
of the Libraries and Archives Exception in the Copyright Act: Background,
History, and Meaning (PDF, 280KB)
Authors: Mary Rasenberger and Chris Weston
April 2005 - Copyright
and Preservation: A Serious Problem in Need of a Thoughtful Solution
Author: Robert Oakley
Council on Library and Information Resources, September 1990 - Values
Conflict in the Digital Environment: Librarians vs. Copyright Holders
Author: Laura N. Gasaway
Columbia-VLA Journal of Law & the Arts, 2000 - Unpublished
Materials, New Technologies, and Copyright: Facilitating Scholarly
Use (PDF, 254KB)
Author: Peter B. Hirtle
Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., 2001 - Good
Archives Make Good Scholars: Reflections on Recent Steps Toward the
Archiving of Digital Information
Author: Donald Waters
Council on Library and Information Resources, April 2002 - Copyright
Issues Relevant to the Creation of a Digital Archive: A Preliminary
Assessment
Author: June Besek
Council on Library and Information Resources and the Library of Congress, January 2003 - America's
Cultural Record: A Thing of the Past?
Author: Laura N. Gasaway
Houston Law Review, 2003 - Copyright Ownership
& the Impact on Academic Libraries
Author: Laura N. Gasaway
DePaul-LCA Journal of Art and Entertainment Law and Policy, 2003 - Copyright: It's
For the Public Good
Author: Peter Givler
The Chronicle Review, May 2003 - Digital
Preservation and Copyright
Author: Peter Hirtle
FairUse.Stanford.edu, 2003 - Preserving the
Knowledge Commons (Word, 96KB)
Author: Donald Waters
Elinor Ostrom and Charlotte Hess, eds., Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice. Cambridge: MIT Press, forthcoming 2005/2006 - Research, Libraries, and Fair Use: The Gentlemen's Agreement of
1935
Author: Peter Hirtle
Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., 2006
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