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Intellectual Property

Ownership of digital content, rights of access, and mechanisms for regulating the use of digital content have played a major role in the development of digital libraries. Copyright laws of most countries were not written to take into account the existence of digital information on the Internet. The Open Access movement has encouraged authors, especially those in the research and education communities, to license their works in a way that encourages their broad use. Digital rights management systems are put in place to protect content from use beyond those specifically licensed to a user or group. This is a contentious area and CNI provides a forum for airing views and principles and for better understanding the way forward.

Recent Publications/Reports/Presentations by CNI Staff

UNT Open Access Symposium, Closing Remarks (May '10)

Speaker: Clifford A. Lynch

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“Improving Access to Research Results” (October '06)

Author: Clifford A. Lynch

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“Open Computation: Beyond Human-Reader-Centric Views of Scholarly Literatures”" (August '06)

Author: Clifford A. Lynch

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“Digital Rights Management Systems & Higher Ed,” CIP Handbook (August '06)

Authors: Kimberly B. Kelley, Kimberly M. Bonner, Clifford A. Lynch and Jaehong Park
In The Center for Intellectual Property Handbook, Kimberly M. Bonner and the staff of the Center for Intellectual Property (Eds.)

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“Digital Rights Management Systems & Scholarship” (June '05)

Speaker: Clifford A. Lynch
In Colleges, Code and Copyright; Conference Proceedings

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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings

Community Briefing: Next Generation Learning Challenges (December '10)

Ira Fuchs, EDUCAUSE

 

Copyright and Book Digitization Workflows: Breaking the 1923 Barrier (December '10)

Anne Karle-Zenith, University of Michigan
M. Claire Stewart, Northwestern University
David Lowe, University of Connecticut

 

Exploring Institutional Implementation Strategies for Open Access Requirements (April '10)

Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information (moderator)
Ann Wolpert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Deborah Ludwig, University of Kansas
Mary Marlino, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Sue Kriegsman, Harvard University

 

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Recent Videos

UNT Open Access Symposium, Closing Remarks (May '10)

Speaker: Clifford A. Lynch

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