Short description:
The course topics include the basic principles of law and ethics in relation to intellectual property, intellectual property and archives, libraries and museums, exceptions to copyright law, text and data mining, web harvesting and copyright, digitization of works and copyright, the guidelines on copyright and cultural heritage institutions, the recommendation on the protection of digital cultural heritage, the reproduction of works in the public domain and cultural heritage/copyright, the protection of cultural heritage in archives, libraries, and museums, issues relating to the definition of cultural heritage institutions, particularly museums, the recognition and certification of museums, fundamental rights and archives/libraries/museums, freedom of expression in archives/libraries/museums, intellectual neutrality in archives, libraries, and museums, protection of personal data in archives/libraries/museums, the exemption of archiving in the public interest and historical research, ethics and the withdrawal of artifacts in archives/libraries/museums, cultural internationalism, archives and museums.
Goals - Desired Learning Outcomes:
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the law and ethics of cultural information.
This includes the study and discussion of/on current research and scientific issues, such as the basic principles of law and ethics in relation to intellectual property, intellectual property and archives, libraries and museums, exceptions to copyright law, text and data mining, web harvesting and copyright, digitization of works and copyright, the guidelines on copyright and cultural heritage institutions, the recommendation on the protection of digital cultural heritage, the reproduction of works in the public domain and cultural heritage/copyright, the protection of cultural heritage in archives, libraries, and museums, issues relating to the definition of cultural heritage institutions, particularly museums, the recognition and certification of museums, fundamental rights and archives/libraries/museums, freedom of expression in archives/libraries/museums, intellectual neutrality in archives, libraries, and museums, the protection of personal data in archives/libraries/museums, the exemption of archiving in the public interest and historical research, ethics and the withdrawal of artifacts in archives/libraries/museums, cultural internationalism, archives, and museums.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will have:
The course content is summarized as follows:
Week 1: Basic principles of cultural information law and ethics.
Week 2: Copyright, archives, libraries, and museums. Creators, publishers, communities, and balancing of interests in copyright law and ethics.
Week 3: History of copyright. Exceptions to copyright law and archives, libraries, and museums.
Week 4: Text and data mining—web harvesting and copyright.
Week 5: Guidelines on copyright and cultural heritage institutions.
Week 6: Reproduction of works in the public domain and cultural heritage/copyright.
Week 7: Protection of cultural heritage in archives, libraries, and museums.
Week 8: Issues surrounding the definition of cultural heritage institutions, particularly museums. The recognition and certification of museums.
Week 9: The protection of personal data in archives/libraries/museums, the exception of archiving in the public interest and historical research. The right to be forgotten and cultural heritage institutions.
Week 10: The ethics of withdrawing artifacts from archives/libraries/museums.
Week 11: Cultural internationalism, archives, and museums.
Week 12: The recommendation on access to and preservation of documentary cultural heritage, including UNESCO's digital cultural heritage and the memory of the world program.
Week 13: Freedom of expression in archives/libraries/museums. Intellectual neutrality in archives, libraries, and museums.
Recommended reading:
Suggested Bibliography:
Kanellopoulou-Bottis M., Museums and Law. Establishment, recognition, and types of museums. Fundamental rights and intellectual property, Sakkoulas, Athens-Thessaloniki, Athens 2023.
Trova E., The cultural heritage of Europe, Sakkoulas, Athens-Thessaloniki, 2018.
Kanellopoulou-Bottis M., Archives and Law. Personal Data, Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage, Athens 2020.
Kanellopoulou-Bottis M., Libraries and the Development of Their Collections, Oselotos, Athens 2020.
Kallinikou D., Intellectual Property and Related Rights, Sakkoulas, Sakkoulas 2021.
Kanellopoulou-Bottis M., A Brief History of Intellectual Property Rights, in Kanellopoulou-Bottis M., (ed.), History of Information. From Papyrus to Electronic Documents, Athens 2014, pp. 185-204.
Panagopoulou-Koutnatzi F., Research in Historical Sources and Information Protection, in Kanellopoulou-Bottis M., (ed.), History of Information. From Papyrus to Electronic Document, Law Library, Athens 2014, pp. 469-482.
Kapidakis S., The paths of digital preservation and digital archaeology, in Kanellopoulou-Bottis M., (ed.), History of Information. From papyrus to electronic document, Law Library, Athens 2014, pp. 571-586.
Chourmouziadis, N., Children in museums. From manipulation to emancipation, or perhaps the opposite? In Kanellopoulou-Bottis, M. (ed.), Children and information. Explorations of history, law, ethics, and culture, Oselotos, Athens 2018, pp. 409-414.
Kapellakou G., Children, cultural rights, cultural heritage, and cultural diversity: the role of museums (a legal approach), in Kanellopoulou-Bottis M., (ed.), Children and Information. Explorations of history, law, ethics, and culture, Oselotos, Athens 2018, pp. 428-440
Livas S. Children's right to information and free expression, in Kanellopoulou-Bottis M., (ed.), Children and Information. Explorations of history, law, ethics, and culture, Oselotos, Athens 2018, pp. 116-119.
Ganatsiou, P., History and Cultural Identities, in Zachou, V., ed., Archives and Cultural Readings, Oselotos, Athens 2020, pp. 111-129.
Kanellopoulou-Bottis, M., Information Law and Access to Archives: Lever or Obstacle to Access to Information? in Zachou V., (ed.), Archives and Cultural Readings, Oselotos, Athens 2020, pp. 84-98.
Papadopoulos M., Scientific research, history harvesting, and text and data mining, in Zachou V., (ed.), Archives and cultural readings, Oselotos, Athens 2020, pp. 130-148.
Theodoropoulou, E., Mamma, E., Koulikourdi, A., Stathopoulou, A., The Dynamics of Archives in Society, Education, and Culture, in Zachou, V. (ed.), Archives and Cultural Readings, Oselotos, Athens 2020, pp. 188-208.
The Duty to Remember v the Right to be Forgotten: Holocaust Archiving and Research, and European Data Protection Law’: Notes from Arye Schreiber’s seminar hosted by NINSO, the Northumbria Internet & Society Research Interest Group, Daria Onitiu, Northumbria Legal Studies Working Paper No. 2019/01, University of Northumbria at Newcastle – School of Law
Panagopoulou-Koutnatzi F., The General Data Protection Regulation, Sakkoulas, Athens 2017.
Igglezakis, I., The Law of the Digital Economy, Sakkoulas, Athens 2022.
Vlachopoulos, S., (ed.) Fundamental Rights, Individual, Social, and Political Rights, Legal Library Athens 2017.
Piazzai M., Stop Amassing Crusts and Stones! Quantitative Enquiry on the Practice of Deaccessioning for Italian Public Museums, Kralingen, July 2012, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Arrigoni G., Kane N., McConnachie S., McKim J., Preserving and sharing born-digital and hybrid objects from and across the National Collection, Project report, January 2022.
Robbins N., Thomas S., Tuominen M., Wessamn A., Museum Studies, Bridging Theory and Practice, ICOFOM University of Jyvaskya, Open Science Center, 2021.
ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums
Michailaki N., Law and ethics in augmented reality applications, Legal Library, Athens 2022, pp. 1-251.
Bounias, A., Behind the Scenes at the Museum. The Management of Museum Collections, 7th ed., Patakis, Athens 2019, pp. 1-250.
Marinou, M.Th., Text and data mining in the new Directive 2019/790/EU between copyright law, big data, and artificial intelligence, EEmpD 2020, p. 787ff.
Kanellopoulou-Bottis M., Information Law, Legal Library, Athens 2004, pp. 1-272.
Kallinikou D., Archives, Libraries, and Intellectual Property, Ionian Law Review 2006, p. 18 ff.
Kallinikou, D., Intellectual Property, Digitization of Monuments, and Digital Libraries, Chronicles of Private Law, 2012, pp. 83-89.
Avgoustianakis M., Protection and promotion of movable monuments—private collections, in Trova E., (ed.), Cultural heritage and the law, Sakoulas, Athens—Thessaloniki 2004, pp. 416-435.
Antzoulatou-Retsila E., Body and Memory, Papazisis, Athens 2005, pp. 1-240.
Antzoulatou-Retsila E., The Museum and its Role in Society, Music and Literature Association of Arta "Skoufas," Athens 1984, pp. 1-16.
Antzoulatou-Retsila E., Cultural and Museological Miscellany, Papazisis Publications, Athens 2005, pp. 1-676.
Antzoulatou-Retsila E., Cultural Miscellany, Papazisis Publications, Athens 2020, pp. 1-750.
Alexandropoulou-Aigyptiadou T., Personal Data, Legal Library, Athens 2016, pp. 1-62.
ICOM, Basic Concepts of Museology, edited by Desvalles A. & Mairesse F., Armand Colin, translated into Greek by Lappa S./Kindyaki D., Greek edition edited by ICOM-Greek section, 2010, pp. 1-120.
Jougleux R., Mass Digitization, the Public Sector, and the Problem of Cultural Appropriation, ChrID 8, 2022, 630 ff.
Papadopoulou M.D., The protection of moral rights in digital libraries, Chronicles of Private Law Z/2007, pp. 171-192.
Paramythioti G., Recent developments in copyright law, IME GSEVEE, December 2020, p. 21 ff. https://imegsevee.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/paramithiotis.pdf.
Tassi, S., Freedom of expression—press—radio and television, in Vlachopoulos, S. (ed.), Fundamental Rights, Athens 2016, p. 289 ff.
Chios, Th., Copyright Law and Archives: the impact of Article 31A of Law 2121/1993 (Article 14 of Directive 2019/790) on the digitization of archival material, DITE 19, 2, 2022, pp. 314-329.
Chrysogonou K., Individual and Social Rights, Legal Library, 3rd ed., Athens 2006, pp. 1-588.
Biber, K., Bad Holocaust Art, Law Text Culture, 13, 2009, https://ro.uow.edu.au/ltc/vol13/iss1/11, pp. 226-260.
Canellopoulou-Bottis M., Papadopoulos M., Zampakolas C., & Ganatsiou P., Text and Data Mining in the EU ‘Acquis Communautaire’ Tinkering with TDM & Digital Legal Deposit (November 27, 2019). Erasmus Law Review, 12, 2, 2019, pp. 190-208.
Canellopoulou-Bottis, M., Papadopoulos M., Zampakolas C., & Ganatsiou P., Text and Data Mining in the EU ‘Acquis Communautaire’ Tinkering with TDM & Digital Legal Deposit (November 27, 2019). Erasmus Law Review, 12, 2, 2019, pp. 1-19.
Flynn T., The universal museum. A valid model for the 21st century? Lulu 2012, available at http://www.lulu.com/shop/tom‐fl ynn/the‐universal‐museum/paperback/product‐18939074.html.
Handke, C. & Guibault, L. & Vallbe, J-J, Is Europe falling behind in Data Mining? Copyright’s impact on Data Mining in Academic Research, in Schmidt, B & Dobreva, M. (eds.), New Avenues for Electronic Publishing in the Age of Infinite Collections and Citizen Science: Scale, Openness and Trust, 2015, Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press, pp. 120-130.
IFLA, ‘What is in the public domain should stay in the public domain!’ Art. 14 of the EUDSM Directive, 4.8.2020, available at https://blogs.ifl a.org/lpa/2020/08/04/what-is-in-the-public-domain-should-stay-in-the-public-domain-article-14-of-o-dsm-directive/.
Jarvis H., The pathway to the Recommendation concerning the preservation of and access to of the World Programme in Edmondson R., Jordan L., Prodan A. (eds) The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Heritage Studies. Springer, Cham, 2020, pp. 58-72.
Keller P., Explainer: What will the new EU copyright rules change for Europe’s Cultural Heritage Institutions, June 9, 2019, available at pro.europeana.eu/post
Kelly K., Images of works of art in museum collections: The experience of Open Access, a study of 11 museums, Andrew Mellon Foundation, Council of Library and Information Resources, June 2013, pp. 1-35 http://www.vlir.org/pubs/reports/pub157/pub157pdf
Mazzone J., Copyfraud, 81 New York University Law Review 3, 2006, pp. 1026-111.
Pearce S.M., Museums, objects and collections: A cultural study, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993, pp. 1-132.
Teaching and learning methods:
Combination of distance learning with face-to-face teaching.
Face-to-face/IN-CLASS: 2 lectures per semester.
Distance learning (using the synchronous ZOOM platform and the asynchronous Opencourses platform): 11 lectures.
Use of Information and Communication Technologies:
Support for teaching/learning through the Ionian University's asynchronous e-learning platform Open courses (document space, announcements, posting of notes and files, user groups, online course assignments, file sharing, etc.) & Zoom platform for synchronous teaching and communication with students.
Use of the Turnitin language processing program to check for text similarity when preparing and evaluating course assignments and exercises.
Use of digital databases and search and retrieval indexes for scientific information via HEAL-Link.
Assessment/grading methods:
Written exams. Students have the option of completing an assignment with a presentation in class, the successful completion and presentation of which can earn up to two points in the final course grade (provided that the written exam is graded at least five/ten). Course participation is also assessed in the final grade.
