Digital Preservation and Copyright

Abstract

Keeping digital resources accessible and safe over time is very crucial and digital preservation is one of the best ways to do so. However, one of the biggest barriers in this area is the copyright laws. Various issues related to copyright and digital preservation are explored in this study which majorly focuses on the legal and practical impacts on organizations that preserve digital content. Its main focus is to create a balance between the rights of creator and the public who want to access this data or content. To make digital preservation smooth, safe, easy and effective is the main aim of this study.

Purpose

The main aim of this study is to analyze that how digital preservation practices relate to the challenges of copyright laws. Its main focus is to help an organization to understand how copyright affects the efforts of an organization which is trying to preserve digital data or content. It also focuses for the need of clear policies that help both preservation efforts and copyright holders.

 Objective

The latest copyright laws which affect the digital preservation and the various hurdles which they create are explored in this study. It focuses on how various institutions such as archives, libraries and schools cope up with copyright issues while putting their best efforts to keep digital data safe. The main of this study is to provide information about preservation and copyright issues relate to it.

Methodology

Qualitative approach is used in this research. It absorbed information from various literature recourses such as legal documents, scholarly articles and case studies. It also took information from various other reliable sources such as journal articles and various reports from institutions which are involved in the practices of digital preservation, to get an insight about the various issues which are related to copyright in this field.