[open-bibliography] Fwd: Re: [dpla-discussion] DPLA Board of Directors call: Thursday, February 14, 1:00 PM EST

Adrian Pohl adrian.pohl at okfn.org
Mon Feb 18 14:24:44 UTC 2013


In January, Joris already published a post "Digital Public Library of
America recommends CC0" both at the OpenGLAM blog[1] and at the main
OKF blog[2]. Though the new policy draft is more detailed, there
doesn't seem to be a significant change in content compared to the
January version of a draft DPLA metadata policy. Thus, I'd say there
is no need for another blog post. (Hope, you haven't started writing
yet, Karen.)

All the best
Adrian

[1] http://openglam.org/2013/01/21/digital-public-library-of-america-recommends-cc0/

[2] http://blog.okfn.org/2013/01/22/digital-public-library-of-america-recommends-cc0/

On 17 February 2013 11:33, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> That would be great Karen! If you framed this for a general audience
> (explaining background and why this is important) we could run it on the
> main OKF blog...
>
>
> On 16 February 2013 21:18, Karen Coyle <kcoyle at kcoyle.net> wrote:
>>
>> I think this is worthy of a blog post. Would you like me to start a draft,
>> and I can run that by the list before posting (I can't remember if I can
>> post, but Adrian can).
>>
>> BTW, #4 is:
>>
>> 04.     Free and Unencumbered Access to Metadata.
>>
>> Given the purposes of the policy and the copyright status of the metadata,
>> and pursuant to the DPLA’s terms of service, the DPLA’s users are free to
>> harvest, collect, modify, and/or otherwise use any metadata contained in the
>> DPLA.
>>
>> [thunderous applause]
>>
>> kc
>>
>>
>> On 2/16/13 10:26 AM, Tom Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>> This was my impression as well.
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know (or can anyone work out) whether CC0 will be a
>>>
>>> requirement for all metadata in DPLA?
>>>
>>> This is an important question which may have been a bit ambiguous in the
>>> original statement. The revised statement is clear:
>>>
>>> "The DPLA’s partners agree that the vast majority of metadata is not
>>> subject to copyright. To the extent that metadata provided by the DPLA’s
>>> partners may be protected by copyright, however, those partners have
>>> agreed to dedicate such metadata to the public domain pursuant to a CC0
>>> license. /This means that any raw metadata imported into the DPLA, which
>>> is protected by copyright, is provided under a CC0 license." /[emphasis
>>>
>>> in original]
>>>
>>> Under the statement as written, not only do contributing institutions
>>> agree to release their metadata as CC0 via DPLA, but there is an
>>> implicit agreement not to argue any copyright interest at all. I think
>>> the addition of point 4 is a nice touch as well. It doesn't add anything
>>> new, but it's a nice human readable summary clarifying the spirit of the
>>> policy.
>>>
>>> It's an excellent statement and I think we should do what we can to make
>>> sure that this multi-pronged approach is adopted by other large
>>> institutions.
>>>
>>> Oregon State University is in the process of discussing similar language
>>> with our legal department to apply to our published datasets.
>>>
>>> - Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 6:52 AM, John Wilkin <jpwilkin at umich.edu
>>> <mailto:jpwilkin at umich.edu>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     I'm not a DPLA insider, either, but I'm close enough to say with
>>>     confidence that Tom's read of the intent, outlined in his paragraph
>>>     that starts with "I think what they're going for here," is exactly
>>>     right and nicely characterized.
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Tom Morris <tfmorris at gmail.com
>>>     <mailto:tfmorris at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Jonathan Gray
>>>         <jonathan.gray at okfn.org <mailto:jonathan.gray at okfn.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Thanks Karen. Great it sounds like they are adopting a
>>>             policy which include CC0. Does anyone know (or can anyone
>>>             work out) whether CC0 will be a requirement for all metadata
>>>             in DPLA?
>>>
>>>
>>>         I'm not a DPLA insider, but my reading is that all contributing
>>>         institutions will be required to contribute anything
>>>         copyrightable under a CC0 license.
>>>
>>>             Two bits that I find quite bizarre:
>>>
>>>                * "Gore pointed out that in her experience working with
>>>             prospective data-providers, most cultural heritage
>>>             institutions are comfortable with the idea that the vast
>>>             majority of metadata is not copyrightable" -> Presumably
>>>             talking mainly about US GLAM institutions. Is this true? And
>>>             does 'not copyrightable' equate to 'happy to release in bulk
>>>             under CC0'?
>>>                * "Courant said that he thinks CC0 is still too
>>>             restrictive of a license, which is why he likes
>>>             using it as a ‘backstop’, which the policy does." -> Not
>>>             sure what 'too restrictive' means in this context? Too open?
>>>             Too strong? To legally specific? Anyone know?
>>>
>>>
>>>         I think what they're going for here is that no license should be
>>>         necessary at all because the metadata can't be copyrighted.  I
>>>         suspect they want that to be their primary position, but are
>>>         including CC0 as a fallback/fail-safe.  It's a bit of a nuanced
>>>         position and I could be misreading it, but that's my
>>> interpretation.
>>>
>>>         Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>             J.
>>>
>>>             On 15 February 2013 23:20, Karen Coyle <lists at kcoyle.net
>>>             <mailto:lists at kcoyle.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>                 Open Biblio Folks: much of the discussion in the notes
>>>                 is about licensing of bib data. Perhaps we can read and
>>>                 discuss?
>>>
>>>                 kc
>>>
>>>
>>>                 -------- Original Message --------
>>>                 Subject:        Re: [dpla-discussion] DPLA Board of
>>> Directors
>>>                 call: Thursday, February 14, 1:00 PM EST
>>>                 Date:   Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:12:16 -0500
>>>                 From:   Kenny Whitebloom
>>>                 <kwhitebloom at cyber.law.harvard.edu>
>>>                 <mailto:kwhitebloom at cyber.law.harvard.edu>
>>>                 Reply-To:       dpla-discussion at eon.law.harvard.edu
>>>                 <mailto:dpla-discussion at eon.law.harvard.edu>
>>>                 To:     dpla-discussion at eon.law.harvard.edu
>>>                 <mailto:dpla-discussion at eon.law.harvard.edu>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                 Dear all,
>>>
>>>                 Notes from yesterday's Board of Directors call are now
>>>                 available at:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://dp.la/about/board/february-14-2013-board-of-directors-call/
>>>
>>>                 There you will also find the materials discussed during
>>>                 the call. Let us know if you have any questions.
>>>
>>>                 Best,
>>>                 Kenny
>>>
>>>                 On 2/11/2013 2:19 PM, Kenny Whitebloom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                 Dear all,
>>>>
>>>>                 The next DPLA Board of Directors call will take place
>>>>                 this Thursday, February 14, at 1 PM EST.  This call is
>>>>                 open to the public; more information is available on
>>>>                 the DPLA website
>>>>
>>>> <http://dp.la/about/february-14-2013-board-of-directors-call>.
>>>>
>>>>                 The conference line is:
>>>>
>>>>                 *Dial-in*: 800-501-8979 <tel:800-501-8979>
>>>>                 *Access Code*: 2739336
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                 An agenda for the call is attached, along with
>>>>                 supporting materials (also available online
>>>>
>>>> <http://dp.la/about/february-14-2013-board-of-directors-call>).
>>>>
>>>>                  Please don't hesitate to be in touch with any
>>>> questions.
>>>>
>>>>                 Best,
>>>>                 Kenny
>>>>                 --
>>>>                   Kenny Whitebloom
>>>>                 Berkman Center for Internet & Society
>>>>                 23 Everett Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138
>>>>                 617-384-9107  <tel:617-384-9107>  | kenneth.whitebloom
>>>> (skype) |http://cyber.law.harvard.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>
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