This will be brief as I have not gotten going that far on my copyright research project at WGBH yet since this week my digital exhibit developed as part of my internship at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting officially launched! The project gave me a taste of the rights clearance process, quitclaims, and other administrative/legal steps required in the digitization process, as the American Archive of Public Broadcasting acquired a large donation (first of its kinda from a single donor) from New Hampshire Public Radio that we incorporated into my exhibit.
I plan to meet with Casey tonight and follow up next week about getting back in to the AAPB to meet with her, and to start observing how their actual rights clearance, copyright assessment, and strategizing works in terms of workflow and general milieu. My first concern is to determine what sort of data I should request from them. I am thinking of statistics on licensing requests, variances in rights agreements when collections are transferred to the archive, policies surrounding digitization/copyright analysis, but would love any feedback or suggestions!
I did have my first CopyrightX course last week. It is going to be extremely helpful in really solidifying my foundational understanding of copyright law and theory--and of intellectual property policy in general. The online discussion section was exciting, with professionals from all sorts of backgrounds and levels of experience coming together to breakdown case studies around copyright that we might actually encounter. I felt both prepared and charged by how much I have to learn! The readings are heavy, but support so much of my other work and research that it doesn't feel overwhelming. Yet. :-)
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