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Heritage professionals who are interested in technologies will find, in the Professional Exchange, a vast number of learning and reference tools, such as Artefacts Canada. Join this group to share knowledge, take part in communities of practice and gain access to experts through audio and video clips, workshops and webinars. Discover the resource par excellence in the field of technology for heritage professionals.

Intellectual Property

These pages offer a wide range of intellectual property resources for heritage institutions. Resources include guides to licensing strategies, copyright, collective administration of IP and an analysis of how museums can best approach buying and selling intellectual property.

Nailing Down Bits: Digital Art and Intellectual Property

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Nailing Down Bits: Digital Art and Intellectual Property

This paper creates a snapshot of how the heritage community has responded to intellectual property law and practice regarding digital art.

Portail de la Propriété Intellectuelle

Portail de la Propriété Intellectuelle

Du site W3 : "Sa caractéristique principale est de permettre l'accès direct au plus profond d'un site à l'information recherchée (qui n'a pas déjà perdu patience dans la recherche laborieuse d'une information annoncée dans un site)."

Institut canadien de la propriété intellectuelle (IPIC)

Institut canadien de la propriété intellectuelle (IPIC)

Du site W3 : "Fondé en 1926, l'Institut de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada (IPIC) est la plus importante association canadienne de professionnels spécialisés en propriété intellectuelle : brevets d'inventions, marques de commerce, droit d'auteur et dessins industriels. L'IPIC se consacre à la protection et à la promotion de la propriété intellectuelle au sein de l'économie canadienne."

Renseignements sur le droit d'auteur

Renseignements sur le droit d'auteur

Du site W3 : "Panorama des services à l'édition du gouvernement canadien. Communiqués de presse. Loi et règlements. Rapports, guides et documents de réflexion. Organismes du droit d'auteur."

Copyright and Digital Distance Education: report

Copyright and Digital Distance Education: report

Du site W3 : "Part I of the Report gives an overview of the nature of distance education today. Part II describes current licensing practices in digital distance education, including problems and future trends. Part III describes the status of technologies relating to the delivery and protection of distance education materials. Part IV analyzes the application of current copyright law to digital distance education activities. Part V discusses prior initiatives addressing copyright and digital distance education. Part VI examines the question of whether the law should be changed, first summarizing the views of interested parties and then providing the Copyright Office's analysis and recommendations."

Rulemaking on Exemptions from Prohibition on Circumvention of Technological Measures that Control Access to Copyrighted Works

Rulemaking on Exemptions from Prohibition on Circumvention of Technological Measures that Control Access to Copyrighted Works

Du site W3 : "The Librarian of Congress, on the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, has announced the classes of works subject to the exemption from the prohibition on circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. The two classes of works are:
1.Compilations consisting of lists of websites blocked by filtering software applications; and
2.Literary works, including computer programs and databases, protected by access control mechanisms that fail to permit access because of malfunction, damage or obsolescence.
These exemptions are in effect from October 28, 2000 to October 28, 2003."

Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy: Report of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights

Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy: Report of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights

From p.9 (PDF file): "The Commission's fundamental task was to consider whether the rules and institutions of IP protection as they have evolved to date can contribute to development and the reduction of poverty in developing countries. We believe that IP protection of some kind is appropriate at some stage for developing countries. The system provides incentives to invent and develop new technologies that may benefit society."

Copyright Matters!

Copyright Matters!

From the Web site: "This booklet gives teachers user-friendly information about copyright law and copyright collectives and how they relate to the use of resources in the classroom."

Podcasting Legal Guide: Rules for the Revolution

Podcasting Legal Guide: Rules for the Revolution

Available in pdf: http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide.pdf

Copyright Policy Branch, Canadian Heritage

Copyright Policy Branch, Canadian Heritage

From the Web site: "The Copyright Policy Branch of the Department of Canadian Heritage, in co-operation with the Intellectual Property Policy Directorate of Industry Canada, is responsible for formulating and implementing an integrated Canadian copyright policy."

Legal Protection for Cultural Heritage

Legal Protection for Cultural Heritage

From the Web site: "Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Prevention of the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property."

Like Light Through a Prism: Analyzing Commercial Markets for Cultural Heritage Content

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Like Light Through a Prism: Analyzing Commercial Markets for Cultural Heritage Content

This resource examines issues related to commercial markets for heritage content: the buying and selling of museum intellectual property.

Movable Cultural Property Program (MCPP)

Movable Cultural Property Program (MCPP)

Objectives
To assist designated heritage institutions in Canada-through the Movable Cultural Property Grants Program-with the acquisition of nationally significant cultural property that is threatened with export or located outside Canada.
To provide special tax incentives-under the provisions of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act-to encourage Canadians to donate or sell important objects to designated heritage institutions within Canada.

UNESCO - Rapports de la 32ème session de la Conférence générale (dont la Convention internationale pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel)

UNESCO - Rapports de la 32ème session de la Conférence générale (dont la Convention internationale pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel)

Du site W3 : "La 32e session de la Conférence générale qui s'est achevée aujourd'hui a été marquée par l'adoption de cinq textes normatifs - dont la Convention internationale pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel et la Déclaration internationale sur les données génétiques humaines - mais aussi par le retour des Etats-Unis d'Amérique au sein de l'Organisation et par l'adoption d'un budget 2004-2005 en croissance (610 millions de dollars)."

Creating Museum IP [Intellectual Property] Policy in a Digital World - meeting report

Creating Museum IP [Intellectual Property] Policy in a Digital World - meeting report

Meeting Report of the Copyright Town Hall held in Toronto, Canada, September 7, 2002: Creating Museum IP Policy in a Digital World, Museum Computer Network Conference, co-hosted by Canadian Heritage Information Network. Presentation included: Laura Gasaway, Drafting Copyright Policies: The University Experience; Rina Pantalony, Why Museums Need an IP Policy; Christopher Hale, Institutional IP Policy from an International Perspective; Maria Pallante, From IP Audit to Valuation and Management.

Les musées et la propriété intellectuelle à l'ère du multimédia

Les musées et la propriété intellectuelle à l'ère du multimédia

"LES NOUVELLES DE L'ICOM n° 2 > 2006 La propriété intellectuelle Les musées et la propriété intellectuelle à l'ère du multimédia Dr. Tr e v o r C a r m i c h a e l , Q . C . , Comité des affaires juridiques "

Intellectual Property Workshop for Cultural Heritage Institutions

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Intellectual Property Workshop for Cultural Heritage Institutions

Intellectual Property Workshop for Cultural Heritage Institutions

Intellectual Property on the Internet: A Survey of Issues

Intellectual Property on the Internet: A Survey of Issues

From the document: "After a brief introduction describing general trends affecting the evolution of the Internet, the Survey addresses the evolving digital economy and the migration of intellectual property to the Internet, as well as the broader questions raised for intellectual property by the impact of information and communications technologies in the digital environment. The Survey focuses on recent developments in the traditional fields of copyright, trademarks and patents, as well as domain names, and progress in private international law and alternative dispute resolution. It also explores the particular concerns that face developing countries in e-development, and outlines the ways in which WIPO is addressing these various issues."

The Law, NAFTA and Distributed Environments: Legal Inhibitors to Technological Innovation?

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The Law, NAFTA and Distributed Environments: Legal Inhibitors to Technological Innovation?

The Law, NAFTA and Distributed Environments: Legal Inhibitors to Technological Innovation?

Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage

Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage

An interdisciplinary and international project on intellectual property issues in cultural heritage.

A Canadian Museum's Guide to Developing a Licensing Strategy

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A Canadian Museum's Guide to Developing a Licensing Strategy

This resource addresses the important questions museums face in developing a licensing strategy for digital content.

Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)

Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)

Du site W3 : "L'Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada, organisme de service spécial (OSS) au sein d'Industrie Canada, est le pricipal responsable de l'administration et le traitement des demandes de propriété intellectuelle au Canada."

Internet et le droit d'auteur

Internet et le droit d'auteur

Du site W3 : "L'utilisation de plus en plus répandue d'Internet en milieu scolaire soulève la question du respect des droits d'auteur dans cet environnement informatique. Plusieurs enseignants et enseignantes s'interrogent sur la légalité de certaines pratiques ayant trait à Internet. Dans ce contexte, il importe de rappeler quelques notions fondamentales relatives au droit d'auteur et de préciser certains points."

Information on copyright in Canada

Information on copyright in Canada

From the Web site: "Publishers' Window on the Government of Canada. Legislation and regulations. News releases. Reports, guides and discussion papers. Copyright organizations."

Trade-marks

Trade-marks

Canadian Intellectual Property Office Trade-marks section.

A Guide to Copyrights

A Guide to Copyrights

From the Web site: "This is an HTML version of the existing guide. The guide includes minor web format changes, links to related web pages and contact information for the Client Service Centre.

This information is to be considered solely as a guide and should not be quoted as or considered to be a legal authority. It may become obsolete in whole or in part at any time without notice. Authority must be found in the Copyright Act, the Copyright Regulations, and in decisions of the courts interpreting them."

Seizing the Moment: Scientists' Authorship Rights in the Digital Age

Seizing the Moment: Scientists' Authorship Rights in the Digital Age

From the Web site / du site W3 : "The report of the project describes the challenges that advances in information technology pose for intellectual property law, and identifies a set of "core values" that should be embedded in a system of scientific publishing."

Protecting Your Interests: A Legal Guide to Negotiating Web Site Development and Virtual Exhibition Agreements

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Protecting Your Interests: A Legal Guide to Negotiating Web Site Development and Virtual Exhibition Agreements

Protecting Your Interests addresses the legal issues associated with developing Web based products such as Web sites and virtual exhibitions.

Copyright as Cultural Policy

Copyright as Cultural Policy

From the Web site / du site W3 : "Provides an overview, analysis, and legal analysis of copyright law for the creative sector and cultural organizations."

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)

From the Web site: "Founded in 1926, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) is Canada's pre-eminent association of professionals who specialize in intellectual property: patents for inventions, trade-marks, copyright, and industrial designs. IPIC is committed to the protection and promotion of intellectual property in the Canadian economy."

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ACCESS TO ARCHIVES
CHIN’s Digital Heritage Symposium
February 4th and 5th, 2010

Video of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, presenting the renewed virtualmuseum.ca.