Creative Commons NL
Maarten Zeinstra & Nikki Timmermans



      Copyright and open licensing:
  OKFest, Building the Cultural Commons
          19 September 2012


              @mzeinstra
         @nikkitimmermans
Copyright related issues to the Commons
 •   (technological) Access / re-use
 •   Rights in digitized works
 •   No unified European copyright law / Public
     Domain
 •   Incomplete metadata
Solution tools
 1. Open licensing, standards, formats


 2. International / national legislation / Policy


 3. Community education / shared value set
Open licensing
 •   Consider multiple levels of IP protection:
     •   Metadata




     •   Content in PDM or under CC-BY / CC-BY-SA
Open Standards
 •   OAI-PMH
 •   EDM


 •   XML
 •   RDF


 •   Dublin Core
     •   CC-REL
CC-REL
<span xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">


<span rel="dc:type" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" property="dc:title">My
Book</span> by
<a rel="cc:attributionURL" property="cc:attributionName"
href="http://rejon.org/my_book">Jon Phillips</a>
is licensed under a
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative
Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 License</a>.
<span rel="dc:source" href="http://deerfang.org/her_book"/>
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at
<a rel="cc:morePermissions"
href="http://somecompany.com/revenue_sharing_agreement">somecompany.com</a>.
</span>
Open formats
 •   Ogg
 •   ODF
 •   Flac
 •   Png
 •   WebM
 •   HTML
 •   mkv
European and National legislation
 •   Copyright law is too rigid for a digital society;
     reform


 •   Orphan Works Directive


 •   PSI-directive for Cultural Institutions


 •   Rights policy
Community education & organisation
 •   Creative Commons
 •   Communia Association
 •   OpenCultuurData.nl
 •   Europeana.eu
 •   GLAMwiki
 •   OpenGLAM
 •   Public Domain Review
Way forward?
 •   How to promote open licensing / standards/
     formats for cultural institutions?
 •   How to organise the European field towards a
     shared legislation?
 •   How to endorse a culture of sharing within the
     cultural heritage sector?
Technology driven
  • www.outofcopyright.eu
  • APIs
  • Promote technological frameworks
  • Adopt a GLAM-wide rights infrastructure standard
  • CC0 for metadata
  • CC BY-SA at most for content
  • (Treat a longer content description as separate
    content object)
Legislation / Policy driven
 •   Collective Rights Management
 •   Approaching rights holders
 •   Manage rights upon acquisition of objects /Manage
     rights in contracts with employees: make checklist
     or draft / layered contract or clause + blogpost
 •   Lobby for exceptions
 •   Embrace the PSI directive; public and private
     institutions (with esprit)
Community driven
 •   Create Networks
 •   Organize Workshops/Master classes; cooperatation
     institutions and CC network
 •   Collect best practices
 •   Measure impact and re-use
Thank you!

 @mzeinstra
 @nikkitimmermans




 This presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons
   Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Go to
   http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ for the full
   license text.

Creative Commons NL presentations on OKFest

  • 1.
    Creative Commons NL MaartenZeinstra & Nikki Timmermans Copyright and open licensing: OKFest, Building the Cultural Commons 19 September 2012 @mzeinstra @nikkitimmermans
  • 3.
    Copyright related issuesto the Commons • (technological) Access / re-use • Rights in digitized works • No unified European copyright law / Public Domain • Incomplete metadata
  • 4.
    Solution tools 1.Open licensing, standards, formats 2. International / national legislation / Policy 3. Community education / shared value set
  • 5.
    Open licensing • Consider multiple levels of IP protection: • Metadata • Content in PDM or under CC-BY / CC-BY-SA
  • 6.
    Open Standards • OAI-PMH • EDM • XML • RDF • Dublin Core • CC-REL
  • 7.
    CC-REL <span xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"> <spanrel="dc:type" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" property="dc:title">My Book</span> by <a rel="cc:attributionURL" property="cc:attributionName" href="http://rejon.org/my_book">Jon Phillips</a> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 License</a>. <span rel="dc:source" href="http://deerfang.org/her_book"/> Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at <a rel="cc:morePermissions" href="http://somecompany.com/revenue_sharing_agreement">somecompany.com</a>. </span>
  • 8.
    Open formats • Ogg • ODF • Flac • Png • WebM • HTML • mkv
  • 9.
    European and Nationallegislation • Copyright law is too rigid for a digital society; reform • Orphan Works Directive • PSI-directive for Cultural Institutions • Rights policy
  • 10.
    Community education &organisation • Creative Commons • Communia Association • OpenCultuurData.nl • Europeana.eu • GLAMwiki • OpenGLAM • Public Domain Review
  • 11.
    Way forward? • How to promote open licensing / standards/ formats for cultural institutions? • How to organise the European field towards a shared legislation? • How to endorse a culture of sharing within the cultural heritage sector?
  • 12.
    Technology driven • www.outofcopyright.eu • APIs • Promote technological frameworks • Adopt a GLAM-wide rights infrastructure standard • CC0 for metadata • CC BY-SA at most for content • (Treat a longer content description as separate content object)
  • 13.
    Legislation / Policydriven • Collective Rights Management • Approaching rights holders • Manage rights upon acquisition of objects /Manage rights in contracts with employees: make checklist or draft / layered contract or clause + blogpost • Lobby for exceptions • Embrace the PSI directive; public and private institutions (with esprit)
  • 14.
    Community driven • Create Networks • Organize Workshops/Master classes; cooperatation institutions and CC network • Collect best practices • Measure impact and re-use
  • 15.
    Thank you! @mzeinstra @nikkitimmermans This presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Go to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ for the full license text.