The Library of Congress (the “Library”) is the world’s most comprehensive record of human creativity and knowlge. when they register for copyright protection make up the core of the Library’s national collection, ensuring the long term preservation and public access of our collective cultural heritage.
For decades, the number of creative works publish works
Publish in electronic formats has grown exponentially, but the Copyright Office and the Library did not have the policy or technical infrastructure to collect and preserve materials in these formats. Presently, the US Copyright Office is special database its systems, rules, and processes to ensure it can fulfill its important role in the copyright system, including providing copies of deposit works for inclusion in the Library’s collections. In the latest rulemaking on electronic deposits, the copyright industry lobby rais concerns about the Office’s proposal to expand the Library’s access to electronically-deposit works; as we explain below, those concerns are unfound.
Under 37 Code of Feral Regulations § 202.18
The Library may provide limit on-site access to groups of newspapers electronically submitt for registration, as well as electronic serials and books submitt for mandatory deposit. The Copyright Office has propos expanding the categories of electronic deposits cover by the regulation with the same limitations on access as are currently in place. Specifically, the works may only be access under the supervision of Library staff through computer terminals in the Library’s reading rooms.
These terminals are not connect
To the Internet and the input/output connections (USB, etc.) are disabl. Libraries support expanding on-site access rules to new angola lists of any special instructions if applicable to ensure that over time, the public can continue to access works in the Library’s collection.This post is co-author by Lila Bailey (Internet Archive) and Brandon Butler (Software Preservation Network)