Understanding the standardised rights information used by Europeana

Rights statements express the copyright status of a digital object and provide information about how someone can re-use the object. This course outlines and offers training on the rights statements you can apply to the data you share with Europeana.

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About This Course

It is the second of three courses, and is followed by Training on how to select an accurate rights statement. We encourage you to finish the course on how to identify and clear copyright in collection items before taking this course.

Learning goals

Understand why standardised rights information is important

Have an overview of the various options of rights statements that Europeana works with.

Understand the differences between Creative Commons licences, Creative Commons tools and Rights Statements by the Rights Statements Consortium.

Understand the various features of Creative Commons licences, Creative Commons tools and Rights Statements by the Rights Statements Consortium.

Course Staff

Ariadna Matas, Policy Advisor, Europeana Foundation

Ariadna contributes to the development and management of policies and frameworks that govern the sharing and opening up of data from the cultural heritage sector. Ariadna also contributes to efforts to build the capacity of cultural heritage professionals to empower them to deal with copyright and other relevant legal and contractual aspects when sharing digital cultural heritage online and making it available for reuse. Ariadna studied Law and has a Master's degree in Intellectual Property Law.

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