This paper was first published in IASA Journal no. 41, September 2013, and seeks ways of enabling exploitation of archive material when little or no information exists regarding copyright. How do we make the past available for today with little or no information and resources?
Retha Buys
Showing posts with label copyright. Show all posts
Showing posts with label copyright. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Monday, April 23, 2012
World Book & Copyright Day 2012 #WorldBookDay
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LIASA poster: World Book Day 2012Read Embrace Tomorrow |
UNESCO describes the theme as a specific focus on books and translation this year:
"23 April is a symbolic date for world literature for on this date in 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo.
It was a natural choice for UNESCO's General Conference, held in Paris in 1995, to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone, and in particular young people, to discover the pleasure of reading and gain a renewed respect for the irreplaceable contributions of those who have furthered the social and cultural progress of humanity. In this respect, UNESCO created both the World Book and Copyright Day and the UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance.
The year 2012 also marks the 80th anniversary of the Index Translationum. This international bibliography of translation provides a unique tool for the monitoring of translation flows in the world. UNESCO will celebrate this anniversary by organizing a debate on this instrument."
The message from the Director-General of UNESCO can be found here, and there are resources available on the UNESCO website.
The events of World Book Day 2012 that have been planned around the world are listed as well.
How should we celebrate this day?
Should we still reflect on the importance of books?
What about e-books and the proliferation of reading in the digital sphere?
Blog post by Karen du Toit, Afrikaans Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Musings in the Music Library #5 - Copyright
"Copyright is for the protection of the creator, an esoteric subdivision of legalities that makes Peace in the Middle East quite straightforward by comparison.
As an introduction, South Africa and Canada recognize copyright as Death (of the creator, author, composer etc) plus Fifty years. The European Union is now Death + 70, and the United States, in some applications and from certain dates, is Death + 90. Even if you are a South African entity (like CPO) and you want to hire something out of copyright in South Africa for performance in South Africa, you may have to pay copyright because the Country of Origen of the Hired Material has a longer post-death law in place. After this, it gets really complicated.
For those audience members who despair at the relative lack of “modern” (that is, post 1930) music in concert programmes, I do ask that they judge CPO not too harshly.
At time of writing the average fee for hiring copyright music is R300 per performance minute plus VAT plus Air Freight (usually from the UK), and that is just too expensive.
Even if all the composers considered are long passed away, their publishing heirs can price their works right off the concert platform."
Related posts:
Musings in the Music Library #4
Musings in the Music Library #3
Musings in the Music Library #2
Musings in the Music Library #1
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
SABC Media Libraries on Pinterest
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The value of pinning your most favourite images or ideas, with the added social media engagement, makes it a very powerful platform.
What is Pinterest?
"Pinterest is a virtual pinboard.
Pinterest allows you to organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. You can browse pinboards created by other people to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests.
People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and share their favorite recipes." - Pinterest HelpIf you haven't received an invite by now, it is very easy to ask for an invitation on the Pinterest website.
The possibilities for libraries and archives are endless.
We can showcase our collections, connect with fellow librarians and archivists, and grow our social media presence.
The link-back possibilities to own websites and blogs makes it a very easy and handy platform for social media engagement.
We have started with our own account, and have created a few pin boards.
Please go and have a look and follow while there!
SABCMediaLib on Pinterest
Two valuable articles about Pinterest and copyright issues are here:
Using Pinterest for Hubpages, by Maddie Ruud.
Is Pinterest a haven for copyright violations?, by Greekgeek.
The most important to remember:
1. Don't pin which you do not own, or have not asked permission for!
Remember, it is all about the images!
2. Repinning puts the responsibility on the original Pinner who should source it correctly!
Blog post by Karen du Toit, Afrikaans Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
The SABC Media Libraries and Web 2.1
As an information hub for broadcasting, our collections are broadcast specific. Accessibility to them is determined more by complex copyright matters coupled with the limitations of the various formats on which our audio and print material is preserved, rather than by our preference. To migrate our collections to platforms that will be accessible via the Internet will be expensive, but we hope to achieve this with at least some of our collections in due course.
In the meantime, we will continue with the information sharing platform in which you are able to participate, and so generate stimulating debate on the various issues impacting on the work we do. We encourage you to take part and enrich the work we do.
Ilse Assmann
Manager: SABC Media Libraries
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