CDL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SCENARIO

WEB-BASED CONTENT

SCENARIO: CALIF. RECALL ELECTION

INTRODUCTION: (Set the scene and give background for general scenario)

The California Recall Election Project of the California Digital Library captured a collection of web sites from the historic 2003 California gubernatorial recall election.

Users and Uses:

· Preservation and access

Characteristics (features): (goals [i.e. access], granularity of ownership, contractual status, etc.)

· Assurance/permissions obtained after content had been collected

· No links outside of domain were followed

· Depth: ??

· Content from:

official candidate sites

official California State sites

California county and local sites

political interest groups

commentary/humor sites specific to recall

media sites, including news sites, captured

· Types of notification and response:

descriptive web page outlining scope and purpose

identification of owners, mailing of ‘opt-out’ notification

procedures established for take-down

notification of site removal

· Crawl composed of both single and periodic captures

Possible problems:

· No assurances for site content

· Images, logos, etc., may not be owned by sited

· Consent is “passive”

· Inline content, if outside of site boundaries, may not be captured

Legal issues:

· Fair use, in terms of copying large parts of web sites, has not been established

Data requirements issues:

· Records should be maintained for date or dates site is crawled

Records management issues:

· Store permission and agreements, preferably with resource

· Store information about dates of capture and attempts to capture

· Record technology used and settings regarding how crawl was executed for compliance under robot exclusion protocol

· Log take-down requests and actions with proff of action

· Maintain records showing due diligence in seeking approval