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The Permission BarrierCopyright Law and Digital

Preservation in Australia

Jessica CoatesCreative Commons Clinic

Queensland University of Technology

January 2009

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Library and Archive Exceptions

• ss51A and 110B – allows preservation of lost or damaged works that are not ‘available in a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price’

• ss51B, 110BA and 112AA – ‘Key cultural institutions’ can make three copies of material in their collection of ‘historical or cultural significance to Australia’ to preserve it against loss or deterioration

• 200AB – allows uses for the purpose of maintaining or operating a library that:– do not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work;

– do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the copyright owner;

– are a special case; and

– involve material that is not commercially available.

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LimitationsLegislative

• What do the exceptions mean in the digital environment? commercially available etc

• Limited legal deposit – extension to digital soon?

• Orphan works – is s200AB the solution?

Private

• Technological Protection Measures (eg DRM) – strong enforcement since USFTA

• Contracts – legally grey area (despite government recommendations

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Remote access – particularly important because of Australia’s geographic challenges

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Mainly government funded libraries

• eg NLA’s Preserving and Accessing

Networked Documentary Resources

of Australia (PANDORA)

• compares to US, where there are

significant private projects eg The

Wayback Machine

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Primarily with the author’s agreement

Exceptions

• State Library of Tasmania’s Our Digital Island (with help of statutory deposit scheme)

• National Archive of Australia

• PANDORA’s whole of domain harvests (3 since 2005)

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Mostly ad hoc

• eg university sector online

repositories

• no uniform approaches or

policies re deposit, licence etc

• are some efforts to coordinate

and establish guidelines etc

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inefficient

uncertain

vulnerable

unreliable

discriminatory

undermines public access

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Key Recommendations

Legislative

extend legal deposit to digital materials (deposit and harvest)

explicitly permit format shifting and multiple copying of digital holdings

provide TPM and contract exceptions

permit remote access to obscure works

Non-Legislative

government study to investigate the commercial impact of preservation

preservation institutions work together to create uniform practices and guidelines

provide open access to Government material

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have clear policies

work with industry bodies to provide

guidelines

ensure licences with donors allow for

preservation

work with voluntary deposit schemes

use open software standards for

preservation projects

consider open content licensing for

own content

don’t dismiss the analogue back up

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OAK Law is funded by

the Australian Department of Education,

Employment and Workplace Relations

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