Data protection guidance sheet
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This guidance, by Kate Grimley Evans, Head of Information Law at Stone King LLP, covers aspects of data protection law relevant to museums and the collections information they hold.
Rights management
Here you can find further resources to help with the Spectrum procedure Rights management. For the procedure itself follow this link.
Guide to archiving personal data
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This guide, co-produced by The National Archives (TNA), explains the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018 relevant to the use of personal data in archiving (including archiving by museums).
Guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
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This guide from the Information Commissioner’s Office explains the provisions of the GDPR to help organisations comply with its requirements.
Successfully managing privacy and data regulations in small museums
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This AIM Success Guide is intended for museums and other cultural organisations wanting to understand how they should be responding to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Clicking the link on this page will open the PDF document on the AIM website.
A Brief Guide to Copyright
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This guide provides a brief introduction to copyright, as well as suggestions for useful resources to explore the subject further.
Part of: Copyright and licensing, Rights management
Copyright for Museums & Galleries
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The relationship between museums and copyright can at times be complicated and requires high levels of knowledge and understanding. This article considers why copyright is an important issue for museums, galleries and other cultural heritage organisations.
Part of: Copyright and licensing, Rights management
Copyright and IPR Policy template
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This template highlights important topics for inclusion in a museum’s Copyright and IPR Policy.
Part of: Copyright and licensing, Rights management
Copyright Cortex
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The Copyright Cortex provides libraries, archives, museums and other memory institutions with information and expert commentary on how copyright law affects the creation and management of digital cultural heritage.
Part of: Copyright and licensing, Rights management
Copyright and digital content
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The growth of the internet has provided collection holders with more opportunities to digitise, adapt, publish and share material. However, the relative ease of reproducing resources with new media means that you need to be aware of the implications for your collections.
Part of: Copyright and licensing, Rights management
Copyright in photographs
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This resource outlines who owns the copyright in photographs, how long copyright lasts, whether copyright can be revived in old photographs, and who owns the copyright in a revived work.
Exceptions to copyright: Libraries, archives and museums
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This leaflet by the Intellectual Property Office sets out the copyright exceptions applicable to libraries, archives and museums.
Intellectual property: Copyright
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This resource from the Intellectual Property Office includes information and guidance regarding Intellectual Property and copyright.
Copyright User
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Copyright User is an independent online resource aimed at making UK Copyright Law accessible to creators, media professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and members of the public.
The Copyright Hub
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The Copyright Hub provides general information about copyright, permissions required to copy, adapt, share or distribute somebody else’s creative work and guidance on protecting your own work.
Copyright: A Practical Guide
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Copyright: A Practical Guide is an essential reference handbook for museum, archive and library professionals looking to fulfill the legal and ethical responsibilities of managing copyright in a collection.
Part of: Copyright and licensing, Rights management
Licensing digital content to create revenue
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This webinar discusses how museums can manage IPR within a Collections Management Framework, to make better use of their collections, and how licensing can provide opportunities for creative use of the collection, including the generation of income.
Publication and reproduction rights
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This resource discusses publication and reproduction rights and links to related resources from the UK Intellectual Property Office.
A Museum Guide to Digital Rights Management
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This guide by leading IPR expert David Green has been published by the Government of Canada to provide detailed guidance on digital rights and their management in a museum context.
The effective management of intellectual property rights and of other cultural assets
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This series of advice sheets covers many of the basic elements which museums need to deal with in relation to the management of intellectual property rights.
Digital Image Management and Licensing in a Small-scale Museum and Gallery
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This document aims to chart how a small-scale museum and gallery, Peter Scott Gallery (Live at LICA), has begun to look at a more commercial side of digitisation through licensing a selection of digital images.