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Towards a «Digital Information Infrastructure» Increasing demand for content on the internet Content moves from printed material to digital format Consumers buy rights for the digital use of content Get access, download, duplicate, distribute, print, etc. Good information structure for print material ISBN, Books in Print, National bibliographies Solutions for a digital information infrastructure needed

i 2010 Digital Libraries initiative Inclusion of copyrighted works in the digitisation programmes High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries (HLG) Address the organisational, legal and technical challenges Contribute to a shared strategic vision for European digital libraries Consultate with stakeholders Copyright Subgroup Analyse Intellectual Property Right (IPR) Issues Digital preservation Orphan works Out-of-print-works

Orphan works “In some cases rightholders cannot be identified or located; as a result, works can be classified as ‘orphan’. […] Both text-based and audiovisual material include substantial amounts of works with unclear copyright status. ” (i 2010 Digital Libraries High Level Expert Group – Copyright Subgroup, 2007)

Orphan works British Library estimates 40% of all print works are orphan works Outcome Digitisation & online accessibility is hampered Libraries are prevented from their preservation & dissemination mandate Proposed solution Databases with information on orphan works Improved inclusion of information on rightholders Enhanced contractual practices Diligent search guidelines

Out-of-print works “A work that is commercially not available, as declared by the appropriate rightholders, regardless of the existence of tangible copies of the work as normally understood. ” (i 2010 Digital Libraries High Level Expert Group – Copyright Subgroup, 2007)

Out-of-print works Most of the 20 th Century works are out-of-print-works Outcome A work might be still of high cultural or scientific interest For digitisation projects each title has to be contracted separately Proposed solution A model license Establishment of a database of out-of-print works A joint clearance centre A procedure to clear rights

Recent initiatives Germany Norway www. libreka. de Marketing- und Verlagsservice des Buchhandels (MVB) Publishers provide services for full text search within books National Library, a collecting society and Author’s and Publisher’s Associations Agreement to provide access to full text via library services France http: //gallica 2. bnf. fr/ National Library and Publisher’s Association Realistic model for the coexistence of public and private offers

Challenges National solutions vary as they must fit different… Resources are not interoperable cultural and economic requirements commercial practices publishing arenas library infrastructures and visions copyright regulations Differences in the data collection policies Differences in adopted meta data schemes Databases rarely contain metadata about rights ownership and usage policies

ARROW Contract Partners Libraries Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) British Library (BL) Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB) Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) Narodna in Univerzitetna Knijznica (NUK) National Library of Norway (NLN) Biblioteca Nacional de Espana (BNE) University of Innsbruck (UIBK) Publishers Associations Associazione Italiana Editori (AIE) Federación de Gremios de Editores de Espana (FGEE) Reproduction Rights Organisation Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) International Organisations Federation of European Publishers (FEP) International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) Technology Developers Consorzio Interuniversitario per il Calcolo Automatico dell’Italia Nord Orientale (CINECA) NUMILOG ISBN Agency Marketing und Verlagsservice des Buchhandels (MVB)

ARROW Associated Partners Reproduction Rights Organisations Centre Français d’exploitation du droit de Copie (CFC) KOPINOR KOPIOSTO Copy-Dan Writing Information (COPYDAN) Library Finnish National Library (FNL) Syndicat national de l’Édition (SNE) Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos (CEDRO) Publishers Association Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) Collecting Society representing Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) International Organisations European Digital Library (EDL) European Writers Congress (EWC)* *invited to join the Steering Committee

ARROW Concept 1. Digital libraries and private e. Content collections coexist. 2. Copyright is a facilitator, not an obstacle for content access. 3. Only a distributed solution can work in the multicultural European environment.

ARROW scope Digital Preservation Orphan Works Out-of-Print Works Online Access OP Books Business Models Diligent search guidelines ARROW • Registries/databases • Rights Clearance Centres Model Agreement II (Accessible Registries of Rights Information on Orphan Works towards the EDL)

ARROW scope We will not Provide tools to support any diligent search model Define what a diligent search should be Provide standards to declare copyright information Endorse the information about IPR status Collect data about such declaration Develop tools to enable different business models to be interoperable Define “the best” business model to be adopted Evaluate licensing models and develop clearance mechanisms ARROW is a technical project with political value We will not do policy, we will serve policy

Key Aspects Interoperability Create tools allowing different solutions implemented to be interoperable Address the problem of interoperability along the digital libraries value chain Standards deployment Produce guidelines on applicable standards for content identification and description technical interoperability Stakeholder involvement

Added value Target Group Added value Libraries • Increase services provided to their users • Reduce costs Right holders • Access the emerging e-content market • Exploiting marginal niches • Maintaining control over the content RROs • Assist right holders • Expanding existing services • Offering new services e. Retailers • Higher visibility in the Internet to their collections • Provide services to right holders • Reach new potential markets European Digital • Give access to multiple collections • Redirect users to the appropriate resources or services Library

Objectives Deliver a rights information infrastructure operable within and across borders Facilitate identification of rightholders (creators/publishers) Facilitate the identification of the IPR status Network of orphan works registries Provide test beds for Business models for digital libraries Registries for Orphan works and Out of Print works Rights clearance mechanisms Model licences developped by the HLG Interoperability and criteria for interoperability Standard deployment

Project Cycle Start up (Months 1 -3) Phase I (Months 4 -12) Phase II (Months 10 -18) Phase III (Months 18 -30) Set up of organisational structure Definition of a detailed work plan Open project meeting Studies on current information infrastructure Interoperability & Standards deployment Legal framework & Business Models Design & implementation of system and tools Creation of Registry of Orphan Works Network of clearing mechanisms Assessment & Validation Definition of methodology & tool preparation Testing of the system mechanisms

Work Packages (WP) 1 2 3 4 5 Management and Evaluation AIE Associazione Italiana Editori Dissemination and awareness IFRRO International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations Legal and business models FEP Federation of European Publishers Interoperability BNF Bibliothèque Nationale de la France Design of system architecture Set up of rights information 6 structure Validation 7 WP Leaders MVB Marketing- und Verlagsservice des Buchhandels CINECA Consorzio Interuniversitario per il Calcolo Automatico UIBK University of Innsbruck

Expected results Distributed network of sources for information on copyright status Data about European literary works for the identification of right holders Guidelines and tools to foster interoperability between private and public collections Guidelines for the identification of the status of a work Creation of an European registry of Orphan Works (ROW) Establishment of Rights Clearing Centers

Benefits Stakeholder involvement Public-Private-Partnership All stakeholders in the book value net are involved European Dimension Inclusion of a significant number of European Union Member States Genuine pan-European dimension based on national experiences Preservation of cultural heritage Access to the collective memory Creation of added-value products and services

CONTACT PIERO ATTANASIO Corso di Porta Romana 108 20122 Milano Italy Tel +39 (02) 89280800 Fax +39 (02) 89280860 http: //www. arrow-net. eu piero. attanasio@aie. it arrow@aie. it Co-funded by the Community programme e. Contentplus