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Why collections holders need to be aware of digital copyright
This document was written, and licensed for publication by Naomi Korn Consultancy for the Collections Trust.
In most cases, there will be rights issues attached to material selected for digitisation and these will have to be dealt with before any digital reproduction is made. Collection holders will find themselves both granting rights to third parties and seeking reproduction rights for their own projects.
Collection organisations engaged in online projects are also likely to be working closely with third parties, such as software companies and freelancers specialising in web content. This type of collaboration also needs to be governed by rights agreements. For more information about the ownership of rights in work produced by employees and others, please refer to the Collections Trust's Copyright Essentials factsheets.
Digital copyright issues affect the creation of digital images, publishing on the web and even transmission of images via e-mail. They will affect your plans to reproduce and publish copyright material and they will affect how you respond if you find that your own material has appeared elsewhere without permission - for example, on someone else's website.
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