Krista Cox

  • Joined: October 21, 2014
  • Articles: 16

How Fair Use Helps in Saving Software

In conjunction with Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2019, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is releasing an infographic that illustrates how fair use helps people preserve software for teaching, learning, and research.

Software Preservation Best Practices in Fair Use to Help Safeguard Cultural Record, Advance Research

The new Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation provides clear guidance on the legality of archiving legacy software to ensure continued access to digital files of all kinds and to illuminate the history of technology. This Code was made by and for the software preservation community, with the help of legal and technical experts. The publication provides librarians, archivists, curators, and others who work to preserve software with a tool to guide their reasoning about when and how to employ fair use—the legal doctrine that allows many value-added uses of copyrighted materials—in the most common situations they currently face.

Fair Use Week 2018: Fair Use Promotes Creation of New Knowledge

Happy Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2018! I wanted to share ARL's 2018 infographic for Fair Use Week: Fair Use Promotes Creation of New Knowledge. You can also check out our previous fair use infographics here. There's tons of great resources and a list of some of this week's events on the Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week website: http://fairuseweek.org/.  

Study Examines Copyright Permissions Culture in Software Preservation, Implications for Cultural Record

A report released today, The Copyright Permissions Culture in Software Preservation and Its Implications for the Cultural Record, finds that individuals and institutions need clear guidance on the legality of archiving legacy software to ensure continued access to digital files of all kinds and to illuminate the history of technology. The first product of an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) project funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the report is based on extensive research and interviews with software preservation experts and other stakeholders. This research will inform a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation to be published in fall 2018, and to be supported by webinars, workshops, online discussions, and educational materials. The Code will advance the mission of memory institutions to safeguard the digital record and promote research that engages it.