BSBLIB513: Monitoring Copyright and Licence Compliance Report

This report focuses on the copyright compliance of a library, analyzing its procedures against current copyright legislation. It outlines the necessary steps for compliance, including the requirements for copyright protection such as original expression and tangible form. The report reviews the Western State College Library Policy and identifies gaps in its compliance, particularly in relation to emerging technologies and digital works. It highlights the need for updated doctrines and addresses the challenges posed by digital systems. The report recommends strategies to fill these gaps, such as adapting to changes in technology related clauses. The report also suggests the implementation of AI to improve creativity and research. Overall, the report offers insights into the ongoing need for libraries to adapt to the dynamic nature of copyright laws, especially in the digital age, and provides recommendations for ensuring continued compliance. The report is submitted to the Board of Directors.

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BY
Sukhpreet kaur

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Organizational Policies
The purpose of this report is outline the various procedures that are required for the operations of
the library to be compliant with the current copyright legislation. Besides, in the report, the
policies of the library will be analyzed and explained how they are compliant with the
obligations of the organizations (Pryor-Darnell et al., 2019, p 147). In addition to this,
suggestions of how to address gaps in the current policies will also be given. To ensure that this
report is submitted to the Board of Directors within two weeks, the first step will be to ensure
that research is done in time. The second step will be to ensure that the report is written in the
correct manner on time.
Procedures required for the library’s current operations to remain compliant with current
copyright legislation
There are certain special provisions for libraries and educational facilities that are required for
these libraries and educational facilities to remain compliant with the current copyright
legislation. A copyright is an intellectual right of ownership that is granted to property owners in
relation to set laws. Although there are some exceptions in this case, property owners are given
rights to enjoy their originality. Some common examples of works where copyrights laws are
evident include works of fiction, artists painting, architectural designs, sculptures, and music.
Australia was the first country to incorporate these library laws in their judicial systems. This
took place in 1976. There are certain requirements that must be considered in order to receive a
copyright protection. Original expression is one such requirements (Nilsson, 2016, p 81). In
regard to this, authors’ work must involve an expression of thought that is unique and which has
never been used anywhere else. Additionally, the work must be new and significantly different

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from others (Hébert and Noel, 2017). To ensure that one receives a copyright protection, it is
also a requirement that the work be reduced into a tangible form. For instance, music or novels
must be presented in printed or worksheet forms.
The Western State College Library Policy
Upon reviewing the library’s it is evident that it is compliant with the copyright legislation. This
is because it has put in place all necessary resources and is up to the required standards. The
relationship between technology and copyright laws has been in existence for quite a long time.
This can be dated back to the Gutenberg Press in the 14th century, more than two hundred years
before the matriarch of copyright statutes was passed. It is undoubtedly true that there is a
relationship between technology and copyright laws since new technologies act as vehicles that
are geared towards sharing copyright works (Todorova et al., 2017). However, such technologies
have been disrupting copyright regimes. For instance, the player piano in 1800s, the cable
television in 1960s, and the photocopying machine that was introduced in 1970. Since this time,
new technologies have continued to impact copyright laws. Today, technology has facilitated
ways through which such works can be streamed and downloaded without the owner’s consent.
Gap Identified In the Current Policy
There are some gaps within the library that are not complaint to the copyright legislation.
Research has shown that emerging technologies are responsible for most of the novel questions
related to copyright. This is because, there are still no doctrines that apply to digital works. Most
of the answers regarding this issue were debated in a judicial hearing that involved a multiyear
copyright review. In this case, Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R–Virginia) and Ranking Member John
Conyers (D–Michigan) released their proposals regarding the relationship between new
technologies and copyright laws. In their proposals, they concluded that in most cases, copyright

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laws do not work in digital ages. Due to this finding, copyrights application in digital systems
has been a heated discussion over years (Pionke, 2017). Many office reports and copyright
studies have been focusing on finding solutions to this challenge. Library Works and Mass
Digitization, Software-Enabled Consumer Products, and Available Right in Australia are some
of the recent reports that have been geared towards achieving this objective. In case of an
emergency or insufficiency of information, there are a couple of specialists who could be
contacted. Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R–Virginia) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D–
Michigan) coulde be contacted in case of such emergencies.
Recommendations
There are some strategies that I suggest should be put in place to fill the gaps of non-
compliance. In regard to digital systems, copyright related offices are anticipating to change two
technology related clauses which particularly relate to the internet. One of such clauses will
ensure that copyright owners seek removal of infringing material from digital systems (Minors,
2017, p 501). The second aspect that has to be changed by the copyright office is clause 1201 of
Title 17 of the copyright laws that prohibits circulation of technological measures which is
crucial in rule making process concerning digital systems.
Suggestions of how the Principles Could Be Implemented For This Collection
Implementing AI is one of the ways in which these principles could be adopted. This is because
many people have adopted learning machine and computer algorithms to improve their
creativity. The main concern in this case is that the Australian Copyright Office does not
recognize the implication of artificial intelligence and has therefore denied copyright to non-
human works (Ailwood and Sainsbury, 2016, p 734). Besides, there are several examples of
non-human works where artificial intelligence has been applied, but due to lack of copyrights,

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they have been reproduced and used in the public domain. It was geared towards helping people
discover their ideas such as creating new recipes as well as improving research. However, due to
lack of copyright recognition, the idea has been implemented by other several organizations
(Atkinson and Fitzgerald, 2016). Generally, the right to make principle adaption or changing the
original form of author’s work can be regarded as illegal and should be subject to copyrights. In
regard to this, use of pictures in this case should be subject to the user’s permission.

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