Guides @ UF: Digital Humanities Resources at UF: International Copyright Resources

Introduction

I apply a critical international librarianship approach to my digital humanities work, so the majority of projects I consult on navigate international copyright issues. This is a non-comprehensive list of resources I use to facilitate my consultations with researchers working in different countries with varying cultural contexts, legal environments, and information needs. This is intended as an educational resource, not a legal one. Consult a legal professional for questions about your project's interactions with legal systems.

General Resources: On fair use, privacy, and metadata.

Data Sharing: Specific to text mining and data ethics.

Data Sovereignty: Specific to the inherent rights and interests of Indigenous communities to their data.

For questions about this topic, please contact me via email at tcesteban@ufl.edu.

General Resources

Checklist For Conducting A Fair Use Analysis Before Using Copyrighted Materials
Created by Cornell University Library. "A proper use of this checklist should serve two purposes. First, it should help you to focus on factual circumstances that are important in your evaluation of fair use. The meaning and scope of fair use depends on the particular facts of a given situation, and changing one or more facts may alter the analysis. Second, the checklist can provide an important mechanism to document your decision-making process. Maintaining a record of your fair use analysis can be critical for establishing good faith. You should retain a copy of the checklist in connection with each “fair use” assertion you are making in your project."
Copyright for Caribbean Studies
Created by the UF Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC). "Sharing and reusing primary sources for teaching and scholarship, with a focus on serving dLOC partners in the Caribbean, US, and Europe. This page is a work in progress and some resources may not yet be available."
International Privacy Standards
Created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "Privacy is a universal human right. Here is a list of international accords related to privacy that serve as the foundation for national laws, policy frameworks, and international agreements throughout the world. EFF frequently draws on these documents in our arguments to protect privacy."

Data Sharing

Building Legal Literacies for Text Data Mining
Authored by Scott Althaus; David Bamman; Sara Benson; Brandon Butler; Beth Cate; Kyle K. Courtney; Sean Flynn; Maria Gould; Cody Hennesy; Eleanor Dickson Koehl; Thomas Padilla; Stacy Reardon; Matthew Sag; Rachael Samberg; Brianna L. Schofield; Megan Senseney; Timothy Vollmer; and Glen Worthey. "This book explores the legal literacies covered during the virtual Building Legal Literacies for Text Data Mining Institute, including copyright (both U.S. and international law), technological protection measures, privacy, and ethical considerations. It describes in detail how we developed and delivered the 4-day institute, and also provides ideas for hosting shorter literacy teaching sessions. Finally, we offer reflections and take-aways on the Institute."
Data Culture
Created by 4Memory/Nationale Forschungsdaten Infrastruktur (NFDI). "Here, “data culture” has two senses. More broadly, it refers to the integration of data and data-driven methods and practices into the professional culture of historical disciplines, which requires increasing the understanding and acceptance of new digital methods and procedures and a wideranging discussion on how they change the production of historical knowledge. More narrowly, the term encompasses the day-to-day practices of dealing with research data and their associated responsibilities, including legal and ethical issues, questions of sustainability and the referencing and recognition of data as scholarly achievements. We require policies and guidelines to encourage a data culture that values research data; facilitates and promotes data sharing and (re)use to preserve, critically evaluate and advance historical knowledge; and ensures data security and reliability. It is based on the FAIR principles and accords with the CARE principles, ensuring that data is used not only academically but also ethically and responsibly."

Data Sovereignty

Principles of Māori Data Sovereignty
Created by Te Mana Raraunga (TMR). "This Te Mana Raraunga (TMR) Brief provides a general overview of key Māori Data Sovereignty terms and principles. TMR advocates for the realisation of Māori rights and interests in data, and for the ethical use of data to enhance the wellbeing of our people, language and culture."
The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
Written by Stephanie Carroll, Ibrahim Garba, Oscar Figueroa-Rodríguez, Jarita Holbrook, Raymond Lovett, Simeon Materechera, Mark Parsons, Kay Raseroka, Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear, Robyn Rowe, Rodrigo Sara, Jennifer Walker, Jane Anderson, and Maui Hudson. "The CARE Principles are people and purpose-oriented, reflecting the crucial role of data in advancing innovation, governance, and self-determination among Indigenous Peoples. The Principles complement the existing data-centric approach represented in the ‘FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship’ (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). The CARE Principles build upon earlier work by the Te Mana Raraunga Maori Data Sovereignty Network, US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network, Maiam nayri Wingara Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Sovereignty Collective, and numerous Indigenous Peoples, nations, and communities. The goal is that stewards and other users of Indigenous data will ‘Be FAIR and CARE.’ In this first formal publication of the CARE Principles, we articulate their rationale, describe their relation to the FAIR Principles, and present examples of their application."