Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 13, No. 445.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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[1] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (40)
Subject: Article: Research Framework for Libraries, Archives
[2] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (172)
Subject: Anti-Circumvention Comments
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 20:35:02 +0000
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: Article: Research Framework for Libraries, Archives
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
Febnruary 24, 2000
"Scientific, Industrial, and Cultural Heritage: A Shared Approach"
A research framework for libraries, archives and museums
prepared for the European Commission by Lorcan Dempsey
<http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue22/dempsey/>http://www.aria
<http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue22/dempsey/>http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue22/
dempsey/
Readers will perhaps be interested in this paper written for the UK's E-Lib
magazine Ariadne, by Lorcan Dempsey, director, of the UK Office for Library
and Information Networking (UKOLN). It's a paper developed for the European
Commission on the issue of how to develop a research framework in which
libraries, archives and museums could work together as they move into a
shared network space.
Part of the point of the paper is nicely expressed in "the Challenge:" The
digital medium is radically new. Although there is continuity of purpose
and value within cultural institutions, these exist alongside a fundamental
examination of roles and practices. The costs of developing necessary roles
and sustainable practices will be high, as will the social and
organizational costs of change and institution building. However the costs
of not doing so will be higher, as the cultural and intellectual legacy to
future generations is entrusted to a house of cards built on a million web
sites.
David Green (with thanks to Alice Grant)
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 20:36:19 +0000
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: Anti-Circumvention Comments
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
February 24, 2000
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Comments Submitted to Copyright Office on
"Rulemaking on Exemptions from Prohibition on
Circumvention of Technological Measures that
Control Access to Copyrighted Works
<http://www.loc.gov/copyright/1201/anticirc.html>http://www.loc
<http://www.loc.gov/copyright/1201/anticirc.html>http://www.loc.gov/copyrigh
t/1201/anticirc.html
Comments available at:
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/>http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyrigh
t/1201/comments/
As this extract from the American Library Association's Washington Office
Newsline states, 233 comments were submitted to the Copyright Office on
Section
1201(a) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
>From the Library of Congress web page:
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Public Law 105-304 (1998), added a
new Chapter 12 to title 17 United States Code, which among other things
prohibits circumvention of access control technologies employed by
copyright owners to protect their works. Specifically, section 1201
provides that "No person shall circumvent a technological measure that
effectively controls access to a work protected under this title." This
prohibition on circumvention becomes effective on October 28, 2000. In the
meantime, the Copyright Office will conduct a rulemaking proceeding in
which the Register of Copyrights will recommend, and the Librarian of
Congress will determine, whether there are particular classes of
copyrighted works that shall be exempted from the prohibition because
persons who are users of those classes of works "are, or are likely to be
in the succeeding 3-year period, adversely affected by virtue of the
prohibition in their ability to make non-infringing uses of that particular
class of works under this title."
Among other activities, this new rule is likely to affect the community's
"fair use" of material under digital lock-and-key.
The 223 comments are available (in .pdf format) at:
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/>http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyrigh
t/1201/comments/
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Readers might be particularly interested in the comments of:
* The American Association of Museums (Barry G.Szczesny)
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/184.pdf>http://lcweb.loc.gov/c
opyright/1201/comments/184.pdf
* The Association of American Universities/American Council on
Education/National Association of State Universities (John C. Vaughn)
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/161.pdf>http://lcweb.loc.gov/c
opyright/1201/comments/161.pdf
* The American Library Association/American Association of Law
Libraries/Association of Research Libraries/Medical Library
Association/Special Libraries Association:
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/162.pdf>http://lcweb.loc.gov/c
opyright/1201/comments/162.pdf
* The National Association of Independent Schools
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/032.pdf>http://lcweb.loc.gov/c
opyright/1201/comments/032.pdf
* The National Digital Library Program and Motion Picture, Broadcasting,and
Recorded Sound Division,(David A. Francis, Chief), Library of Congress
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/175.pdf>http://lcweb.loc.gov/c
opyright/1201/comments/175.pdf
* Ray Van De Walker
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/001.pdf>http://lcweb.loc.gov/c
opyright/1201/comments/001.pdf
* Sean
Embry
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/002.pdf>http://lcweb.loc.gov/c
opyright/1201/comments/002.pdf
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David Green
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>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 17:00:48 -0500
>From: "ALAWASH E-MAIL" <ALAWASH@alawash.org>
>To: ALA Washington Office Newsline <ala-wo@ala1.ala.org>
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ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 9, Number 16
February 24, 2000
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[1] Comments Submitted to Copyright Office on Technological
Measures Rulemaking; Thanks to Libraries for Providing Valuable
Survey Data
On February 17, the American Library Association submitted
comments in response to the Copyright Office Notice of Rulemaking.
(See "Rulemaking on Exemptions from Prohibition on Circumvention
of Technological Measures that Control Access to Copyrighted
Works" at
<http://www.loc.gov/copyright/1201/anticirc.html.)>http://www.loc.gov/copyri
ght/1201/anticirc.html.)
Our response -- submitted jointly with the Association of Research
Libraries, the Special Libraries Association, the American
Association of Law Libraries, and the Medical Library Association
-- requests the Copyright Office to establish an exemption for
libraries to the anti-circumvention measures contained in Section
1201(a) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Section 1201(a)
makes accessing copyrighted works that are protected by
technological measures (passwords, encrypted electronic files,
etc) an illegal activity, punishable by civil and criminal
penalties, unless the access is authorized through rules set out
by the Librarian of Congress.
In their comments the library organizations argued that libraries
should be given a meaningful exemption from the technological
measure restriction in order to continue to serve the needs of
millions of library patrons. An exemption would ensure that
libraries and library users can continue to exercise fair use and
other activities permitted under copyright law.
The libraries suggested in their comments that "access" to
information and "use" of information are not two distinct actions
in the digital environment as library users must "access" works in
order to "use" them. If access is denied, library patrons will be
unable to use electronic materials. Of great concern is that the
enforcement of technological measures that control access to
copyrighted works will lead to a "Pay-Per-View/Pay-Per-Use"
information world.
The full set of comments can be viewed in PDF format at
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/162.pdf>http://lcweb.loc.gov/c
opyright/1201/comments/162.pdf.
The American Library Association would like to thank the 251
libraries that responded to our recent "Technological Protection
Measures" survey [posted on ALAWON (see
<http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon/alwn9001.html)>http://www.ala.org/washoff
/alawon/alwn9001.html) and distributed
to members at the ALA Mid-Winter Conference in San Antonio.] The
library responses bolstered our report with real-life situations
faced by libraries and their concerns about the future. We intend
to follow-up with individual libraries to gather more data.
We are now preparing additional comments to respond to the 180
comments that have been submitted to the Copyright Office by other
organizations and individuals. Our deadline to submit reply
comments is March 20. After this "rebuttal" phase, the Copyright
Office plans to hold two hearings in early May before finalizing
its recommendations to the Librarian of Congress. The Librarian
will then recommend what exemptions, if any, will be allowed to
the anti-circumvention rule. -- Carrie Russell, Miriam Nisbet
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SNIP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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