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The Software Preservation Network’s Law & Policy Working Group has created
two new resources for the digital/software preservation community in the US
and Canada.

The Copyright Acts in Canada and the United States contain exceptions for
libraries, archives, and (in Canada) museums for the use of software
collections. Section 108 and Software Collections: A User’s Guide
<https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/section-108-and-software-collections-a-users-guide/>
and Section 30.1 and Software Collections: A User’s Guide
<https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/section_30/> explain how to
provide access to software by using these exceptions alongside fair use and
fair dealing.

ARL, CARL and SPN are co-hosting a webinar on October 4th at 2PM EDT / 11
AM PDT to explore these guides to Sections 108 and 30.1 and how these and
other exceptions can be applied within your institutions for managing
software collections. Register for this event here.
<https://www.arl.org/?p=33559&post_type=news&preview=1&_ppp=ab693732f7>

Best,

Alyssa Loera
IT Project Manager, Collections and Content Management Systems
The J. Paul Getty Trust

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