The Bureau of the Comité International de Paléographie Latine has
started an appeal on

The problem of reproduction rights for the study of manuscripts
or The study of manuscripts and reproduction rights

The Comité "would much appreciate it if institutions of national and
local government, as well as the curators of private
libraries and archives, would undertake that no publication fee over and
above the cost of the actual photography would be charged for studies of
a scholarly and non-profit making nature".

Current copyright readings
Maintained by M. Claire Stewart, Head, Digital Media Services, Northwestern University Library

Eldred v. Ashcroft
Briefs and background information on copyright term extension.

Unpublished Materials, New Technologies, and Copyright: Facilitating Scholarly Use
Peter B. Hirtle
49 J. Copyright Society of the USA 259-275 (Fall 2001)

Good article on Digitization
Mary Minow has written an interesting article on copyright issues in digitization. Library Digitization Projects and Copyright may give too much credit to section 108(h) of the copyright law, but it is the single best starting point for those interested in digitization projects.

Work of the ICA's Committee on Archival Legal Matters. At the SAA meeting in Birmingham, Gary Peterson presented a paper providing an overview of the activities and work plan of this committee. Gary said that he would be happy to provide a copy electronically if you e-mail him.