Introduction: Learning to Live with Risk—and Loving It
Introduction
Documenting Rights Ownership
Overview of Transfer, Licenses, and Deeds of Gift
Creative Commons Licenses
Deeds of Gift in Practice
Documenting Privacy, Publicity, and "Moral Rights"
Deposit Agreements
Obtaining Consent for Reuse or Digitization
Preservation vs. Distribution
Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Obtaining Consent for Digitization
Identifying Copyright Owners and Contacting Them for Permission
Using Takedown Policies
Helping People Reuse Archival Materials
Communicating a Consistent Access Policy to Users
Providing Policies for Copying
Posting Terms of Use
Facilitating Reuse
Use Permissions
Copyright Licensing
Helping Researchers Obtain Permission
Managing Information about Intellectual Property
Donor and Case Files
Balancing Collective and Item-level Approaches
Recording Rights Information with DACS and EAD
Recording Rights Metadata for Digital Files
Embedding Metadata in Digital Files
Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix A: Further Readings
Appendix B: Case Study—The Jon Cohen AIDS Research Collection
Digitization Project
Appendix C: Sample Permission Request Letter
Appendix D: Harry Ransom Center Permission Form
Appendix E: Model Deed of Gift
Appendix F: Beinecke Library Digital Photography Policy
Appendix G: New York Public Library Fee Schedule for Digital Files
for Editorial, Commercial, and Other Uses
Appendix H: DACS Rules Regarding Rights
Sidebars
Sample Takedown Notice
National Archives Copyright Notice
Sample Terms of Use Statement
Sample Fee Explanation
Sample Permissions Notice
Encoded Archival Description Tags That Correspond to DACS 4.1 and 4.4