A new study Technological Protection Measures and Digital
Preservation: Evidence from video games analyses the impact of copyright the preservation of digital materials. While it focuses on video game preservation, the approach and findings are relevant to understanding the impacts of Technical Protection Measures (TPMs) on all types of digital material, including images, audiovisual works and electronic records that institutions are required to preserve to fulfil their mission.
Category: Copyright
Open GLAM toolkit: unlocking cultural heritage collections
The DIY Open GLAM Toolkit is designed to help cultural organisations open up their digital collections for wider access. Developed from insights gained through GLAM-E Lab collaborations, this toolkit provides the essential resources needed to identify, prepare, and publish collections under public domain or other machine-readable licenses.
Copyright Fact Sheets
The Australian Copyright Council has created some useful factsheets. There are over 100 in total. We’ve curated the top 10 we think are most useful to preservation and digitisation.