Kudzu-Ops Mailing List: SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Copyright Claims Board starts next week

[John Burger (jburger]

ASERL Friends:

 

Instead of the usual weekly webinar update, I am sharing some points that I hope will be useful to you as the new federal Copyright Claims Board is set to begin its initial operations on June 16, 2022.  This is the mechanism established by the CASE Act to field copyright infringement claims without having to go to federal court.  While libraries and archives may opt-out of the process (opt-outs include library/archive employees’ activities during the course of their work), anyone who is found guilty through the CCB tribunal could face fines up to $30,000 per infringement.   It’s new, untested, and has created much concern about ‘copyright trolls’ and misunderstanding / misuse.

 

HOPEFULLY-USEFUL LINKS

• Copyright.gov announcement about start of CCB operations:  https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USLOCCOPYRIGHT/bulletins/31a6d3b
• Case Act Toolkit developed by ARL:  https://www.arl.org/case-act-toolkit/
• Link to opt-out form for libraries:  https://www.ccb.gov/libraries-archives-opt-out/images/opt-out-form.pdf
• USCO Frequently-Asked Questions (mostly for people seeking to file an infrigement claim):  https://ccb.gov/faq/
• USCO “Respondent Information” resources:  https://ccb.gov/respondent/
• List of libraries & archives that have filed pre-emptive opt-out claims (currently this page says “coming soon”):  https://ccb.gov/libraries-archives-opt-out/

 

I hope this initial information is useful.  I welcome other resources / links to other helpful info.  I suspect we will be contending with the after-effects of this law for quite some time.

 

Kind regards,

 

--j.e.b.

 

John Burger, Executive Director

Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)

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Atlanta, Georgia  30322

 

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