Copyright management guidelines for cultural heritage institutions
These 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 three phases. Each of the phases is broken down into one or more objectives, and for each of those, the guidelines provide tips on the workflow, who to involve, who to inform, what to document and how to start the discussion. Once completed, the guidelines recommend harmonising how your organisation manages risk management in order to reach the ultimate goal. The guidelines are structured as follows:
Develop adequate workflows to deal with copyright at multiple stages of collection management across your organisation. | Nurture sufficient copyright knowledge and support across your organisation. | Integrate copyright needs in activities and projects across your organisation. |
Harmonise risk management Harmonise a specific approach to risk management for your organisation | ||
Harmonise copyright Harmonise all approaches to copyright across your organisation | ||
These guidelines were created by the Europeana Copyright Community Steering Group.
The following sources have been used in creating these guidelines: Rights management – suggested procedure, Collections Trust, 2017, Licensed under the Spectrum license; and Finding the Public Domain: Copyright Review Management System Toolkit, Melissa Levine, Richard C. Adler, Justin Bonfiglio, Kristina Eden, and Brian S. Hall., licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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These guidelines do not constitute any legal advice. They were first published in March 2022. They are licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license.