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
International Tensions and “Science Nationalism” in a Networked World: Strategies and Implications (January '21)View Report View more information
UNT Open Access Symposium, Closing Remarks (May '10)
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“Improving Access to Research Results” (October '06)
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“DRM & Higher Ed,” CIP Handbook (August '06)
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“Open Computation: Beyond Human-Reader-Centric Views of Scholarly Literatures” (August '06)
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
Automated Rights Determination to Unlock Public Domain Treasures in Library Collections (December '21)
Stephen Abrams, Harvard University
Suzanne Wones, Harvard University
Kyle Courtney, Harvard University
Mingtao Zhao, Harvard University
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Collaboratively Building the Future for Controlled Digital Lending (December '21)
Nathan Mealey, Wesleyan University
Michael Rodriguez, University of Connecticut
Charlie Barlow, Boston Library Consortium
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Internet Archive Scholar: Supporting Perpetual Access to Open Scholarship through Infrastructure and Collaborations (December '21)
Jefferson Bailey, Internet Archive
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The Virtual Copyright Education Center: Update and Discussion (December '21)
Melissa Levine, University of Michigan
Rina Elster Pantalony, Columbia University
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Controlled Digital Lending for Libraries and Consortia (March '21)
Chris Freeland, Internet Archive
Jennie Rose Halperin, Library Futures
Jill Hurst-Wahl, Syracuse University
Charlie Barlow, Boston Library Consortium
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Recent Videos
Controlled Digital Lending for Libraries and Consortia (March '21)Chris Freeland, Internet Archive
Jennie Rose Halperin, Library Futures
Jill Hurst-Wahl, Syracuse University
Charlie Barlow, Boston Library Consortium
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*Improving Stewardship: Opportunities and Tensions (March '21)
Kari May, University of Pittsburgh
Clinton Graham, University of Pittsburgh
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The Virtual Copyright Education Center: An Open Discussion (March '21)
Melissa Levine, University of Michigan
Erin Tripp, LYRASIS
Rina Pantalony, Columbia University
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Guided by Values: Creating an Open Values Statement (March '20)
Tina Baich, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
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Navigating Communal Rights for Digital Preservation and Open Access (March '20)
Rachel Deblinger, University of California, Los Angeles
Sharon Farb, University of California, Los Angeles
Todd Grappone, University of California, Los Angeles
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