For researchers, students, and practitioners in art history and architectural history, meaningful access to high-quality digital surrogates of cultural heritage is fundamental. Our work in visual pedagogy, digital scholarship, and computational analysis depends on a rich and accessible public domain. However, “public domain” does not always equate to “publicly accessible.” Many in our field consistently…
NewsNet 1071June 24, 2025 Today, the U.S. Copyright Office is pleased to announce that the Copyright Public Records System (CPRS) has replaced its Online Public Catalog. CPRS provides copyright registration and recordation data with advanced search capabilities, filters, and improved interfaces for public users and Office staff. CPRS is the second component of the Office’s Enterprise Copyright…
NewsNet 1060 On January 29, 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office released Part 2 of its Report on the legal and policy issues related to copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). This Part of the Report addresses the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI. The Office affirms that existing principles of copyright law are flexible enough…
Time: Feb 07, 2025 from 12:00 – 2:00 PM (EST) / 9:00 – 11:00 AM (PST); Location: Zoom (Register here). After a hiatus of two years, Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) is back with an online interactive workshop with multiple speakers, interactive case studies and materials to help you tackle how to manage the preservation…
Also known as: Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks Act Introduced in the U.S. Senate (11/21/2024), the bill seeks “To create an administrative subpoena process to assist copyright owners in determining which of their copyrighted works have been used in the training of artificial intelligence models.” Read the complete initial text here.
Fall and Winter 2024-2025, Session 4: Litigation Update Dec 06, 2024, 12:00–1:00 PM EST / 9:00-10:00 AM PST Register to attend on Zoom The Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) Twice Yearly Litigation Update is an event dedicated to exploring the latest and most impactful developments in copyright law facing libraries, archives and museums. About…