How can engagement in law, policy, and practical work best be utilized for the benefit of DPLA’s projects and expansion? This presentation will provide a focused overview of recent developments in copyright law from both sides of the Atlantic relevant to digitization and access to digital materials (whether online, on library premises, or e-lending). This panel will consider key policy developments coming from the US, the EU and the international arena (WIPO) pointing to a promising momentum for the future of accessibility to digitized works. We will also consider the Copyright Review Management System (CRMS) as a practical path in the context of current law and policy and as a way we can push boundaries of knowledge. As an IMLS-funded cooperative effort, CRMS provided a methodology for identifying the copyright status of books in HathiTrust. Based at the University of Michigan Library, CRMS has worked for the past 8 years to develop a copyright determination framework with 16 partners in the US and Canada resulting in a forthcoming CRMS Toolkit and consideration by HathiTrust about future activity in copyright determination work.
