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The copyright management guidelines aim to support best practices in copyright management in cultural heritage organisations with the ultimate goal of developing a harmonised approach to copyright management. They are organised in five sections, and for each of them they provide tips on the workflow, who to involve, who to inform, what to document and how to start the discussion.
These guidelines were created by the Europeana Copyright Community Steering Group. They are licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license. They were first published in March 2022. These guidelines do not constitute any legal advice.
📝 The following sources have been used: Rights management – suggested procedure, Collections Trust, 2017; and Finding the Public Domain: Copyright Review Management System Toolkit, Melissa Levine, Richard C. Adler, Justin Bonfiglio, Kristina Eden, and Brian S. Hall.
🧭 You can navigate the guidelines through the table below, and by scrolling down through this page.
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These guidelines are also available as a pdf, in a shorter version:
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Long-term goal Harmonise all approaches to copyright across your organisation Tips to develop an overarching policy related to the strategic objectives of your organisation | ||
Mid-term goal Harmonise a specific approach to risk management for your organisation Tips to evaluate risk and risk appetite, and consider whether other tools are more appropriate to mitigating risk in addition to copyright (in other words, don’t use | ||
Phase 1 Tips to develop adequate workflows to deal with copyright at multiple stages of collection management across your organisation | Phase 2 Tips to nurture sufficient copyright knowledge and support across your organisation | Phase 3 Tips to integrate copyright needs in activities and projects across your organisation |
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Harmonise all approaches to copyright across your organisation
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⛳ Workflow |
| 🗣️ Who to inform | 📑 What to document | 🖋️ How to document | 📲 How to start the discussion |
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| Risk assessment of lack of copyright management | Business case | Show risks of lack of copyright management |
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