Johan Axhamn
Senior lecturer
Cross-Border Extended Collective Licensing : A Solution to Online Dissemination of Europe’s Cultural Heritage
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Summary, in English
The ever increasing use of the Internet and of digitisation technologies have opened up new possibilities for distributing and accessing creative content online, including for cultural heritage institutions. However, the digitisation and dissemination of a substantial proportion of the collections held by European cultural institutions may be considerably hindered due to high transaction costs related to clearance of copyright and related rights. This holds equally true for the cultural institutions taking part in the Europeana project. This study examines whether the Nordic “extended collective licensing” (ECL) model could provide a viable solution to the problems of digitisation and dissemination of copyright protected works held by cultural heritage institutions, with a brief incursion into the issue of the cross-border dissemination of works.
Publishing year
2012
Language
English
Publication/Series
Amsterdam Law School Research Paper
Issue
22
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Document type
Report
Publisher
University of Amsterdam
Topic
- Law (excluding Law and Society)
Keywords
- copyright
- extended collective licensing
Status
Published
Report number
2012