Copyright and Permissions workshop for Dr. Holliday's architecture class at UT Arlington. This focuses primarily on a specific project for Omeka.

1. Copyright and
Permissions
Brett D. Currier, MSLS, JD
brett.currier@uta.edu
@brettdcurrier

2. Schedule
• Introduction to Copyright
• The Public Domain
• Creative Commons
• Permissions
• Rights Statements on Omeka

3. INTRODUCTION TO COPYRIGHT

4. What is copyright?
To promote the Progress
of Science and useful
Arts, by securing for
limited Times to Authors
and Inventors the
exclusive Right to their
respective Writings and
Discoveries.
Constitution Art. I, § 8,
Cl. 8
• Balance between the
exclusive rights of
authors and
• The Public Interest in the
Free Flow of information
• For a Limited Time

5. What’s Protected?
• Literary works;
• Musical works, including any accompanying words;
• Dramatic works, including any accompanying music;
• Pantomimes and choreographic works;
• Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;
• Motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
• Sound recordings; and
• Architectural works.
17 USC 102 (2012)

6. Exclusive Rights of Authors
• Make copies
• Distribute the work
• Prepare derivative works
• Publicly perform or display the work
17 USC 106 (2012)

7. REUSE ALLOWANCE

8. THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

9. Published before Jan. 1, 1923
• Portal to Texas History
• UT Arlington Libraries Digital Gallery
• Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog

10. Federal Government
• Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
• Maps Collection in Special Collections in UTA Libraries

11. Example Rights Statements

12. CREATIVE COMMONS

13. Creative Commons Material
• Music
• Videos
• Images
• The Web
• Academic Articles
Term Definition
CC0 No restrictions
BY Attribution
SA Share Alike
NC Non-Commercial
ND No derivatives
Creative Commons

14. PERMISSIONS

15. Other Locations
• Old Red Museum of Dallas County History and Culture
• The Genealogy, History & Archives Unit of the Fort
Worth Library of the Fort Worth Central Library
• UT Arlington Libraries Special Collections
• Others

16. Writing a Permissions Letter
• UTA Copyright Policy Permissions Letter
• Dr. Holliday’s Permissions Letter
• Must be completed by October 29

17. Copyright Decision Tree

18. RIGHTS STATEMENTS ON OMEKA

19. Rights Statements
• Rights: Information about rights held in and over the resource
• For this project, this would be: information about the Rights
Holder and license you are using (if applicable)
• Example: This item is being used Courtesy of [insert name],
[permission status, which is one of the following]:
• Public Domain OR
• Licensed under a Creative Commons license OR
• Permission Granted by OR
• Permission requested

20. Public Domain
• Full Citation, Public Domain
• Example: “[Image Name], [Collection Name], Special Collections, The
University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Arlington, Texas." Public Domain.
With courtesy by UT Arlington Libraries.
• May want to include With Courtesy
• Archival institution may have a preferred citation

21. Creative Commons
• Ideal Citation
• Rights holder may have a preferred citation

22. Permission Granted
• For all UTA Special Collections Items: "Courtesy, Source, City,
State."
• Example: "Courtesy, [collection name], Special Collections, The
University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Arlington, Texas."
Permission Granted by UT Arlington Libraries
• For other collections, ask in your permissions letter if there is a
specific citation request.

23. Permission Requested
• Full Citation, Permission Request
• Rights holder may have a preferred citation if it can be
identified from their website or other supporting
documentation.

24. QUESTIONS?