Digital Content Frustration

Digital Content Frustration: Copyright, Licensing, & DRM
Sarah Houghton (@TheLiB)
LibrarianInBlack.net
Assistant Director, San Rafael Public Library

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eBooks & eAudioBooks
eMusic
eVideo
Media Types

Digital Rights Management Corporate Terms of Service Copyright Law

Library can’t make multiple copies or make derivative works. 17 U.S.C. Sect. 106
(except for copies for preservation, replacement, and to fulfill user requests, per exceptions in 17 U.S.C. Sect. 108 )
Copyright Penalties: $750-$30,000 per title. $150,000 if willful infringement is shown. 17 U.S.C. Sect. 504(c).
Copyright Law (US Code)

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes it a criminal offense to circumvent technological protection measures that protect copyrighted content.
DMCA Penalties: First time offenders may be fined up to $500,000, imprisoned for five years or both. 17 US.C. Sect. 1204 .
Digital Millennium Copyright Act

So what happens when you’re leasing, not buying?

Most library vendors only lease digital content.
Few sell digital content outright.
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE!
Licensing vs. Owning

Union Librarian

Overdrive’s marketing materials & sales staff use words like buy , purchase , and sale
Overdrive’s contracts use words like license and subscribe
GO KANSAS STATE LIBRARY!
The Overdrive Case

Terms of Service legally *override* copyright law.
Companies can make them say whatever they want.
Few people ever read them.
Terms of Service/Use

Your use of the site does not transfer to you any ownership or other rights in the site or its content. The site may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, transmitted, modified, indexed, catalogued, mirrored or distributed in any way, in whole or in part, without the express prior written consent of SBO.
Safari

OverDrive grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and make personal non-commercial use of licensed materials...
Overdrive

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, you may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense, or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party...
Kindle

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, revocable license to make personal non-commercial use of the Spotify Software Application...and the Spotify Service and to receive by stream...the media content made available through the Spotify Service in the United States. You do not have a right to transfer or sublicense your rights under this Agreement.
Spotify

The use of the Netflix service, including movies &TV shows made available to you by us, is solely for your personal and non-commercial use.
You also agree not to .... conduct yourself in a vulgar or offensive manner while using the Netflix service...
Netflix

the law didn’t change

Kindle Hacking Jail-break it Change display options Game on it Remove DRM from eBooks * links @ bit.ly/pam5WM

Doctorow’s First Law
Any time someone puts a lock on something that belongs to you, and won’t give you a key, they’re not doing it for your benefit.

DRM doesn’t prevent piracy

DRM is discriminatory

DRM increases costs

DRM endangers preservation

DRM is anti-consumer and anti-library

Say no to publishers that take advantage
Say no to content with DRM
(re)creating content

Say yes to DRM-free content
Say yes to cataloging CC-licensed content
Say yes to community-created content
(re)creating content

Streaming Services

Jessamyn West

+Sarah Houghton [email_address] @thelib

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Digital Content Frustration

by Sarah Houghton on Oct 22, 2011

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