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 View more information View video
“Improving Access to Research Results” (October '06)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch View more information
“DRM & Higher Ed,” CIP Handbook (August '06)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch View more information
“Open Computation: Beyond Human-Reader-Centric Views of Scholarly Literatures” (August '06)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch View more information
“Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Policy, and Academic Culture,” CIP Handbook (August '06)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch View more information
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
Brandy Karl, Pennsylvania State University
Laura Quilter, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Guided by Values: Creating an Open Values Statement (March '20)
Tina Baich, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
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
Open Infrastructure and the COVID-19 Crisis: Principles and Evaluation Criteria (March '20)
Rosalyn Metz, Emory University
Lisa Macklin, Emory University
Melissa Levine, University of Michigan
Nancy Weiss, Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Recent Videos
Guided by Values: Creating an Open Values Statement (March '20)Tina Baich, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis View more information
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 View more information
Open Infrastructure and the COVID-19 Crisis: Principles and Evaluation Criteria (March '20)
Rosalyn Metz, Emory University
Lisa Macklin, Emory University View more information
Sharing Digital Content through International Museum, Library, and Archives Networks Today: An IMLS Inquiry into Cross-Border Initiatives (March '20)
Melissa Levine, University of Michigan
Nancy Weiss, Institute of Museum and Library Services View more information
Public Access to Research Data: Report from the AAU APLU Public Access Working Group Workshop (December '18)
Mary Lee Kennedy, Association of Research Libraries
Kacy Redd, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Katie Steen, Association of American Universities
Tyler Walters, Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University View more information
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