Introduction to Managing Digital Assets – Options for Cultural and Educational Organizations

Introduction: project history and genesis; goals and assumptions. Part 1 What are intellectual property rights?: intellectual property rights in the United States; a brief history of copyright; the nature of rights in copyright; the complexity of rights in an electronic environment; current rights management methods; the emergence and perseverance of rights management. Part 2 The distribution of intellectual property over electronic networks: assess issues; special issues for cultural and educational institutions; continuing challenges; the next steps. Part 3 Another perspective: introduction; options for administrators of cultural property rights in Canadian cultural heritage institutions.