Iris Plus 2013-5 Audiovisual Heritage 2.0

If Europe's archives are a goldmine, then who's holding the spade? This latest IRIS plus report looks at the current European legislation aimed at unlocking our public sector archives. Film institutes, museums and libraries now fall under the scope of the Public Service Information Directive since its review in 2011. But what does this mean in terms of the re-use of their archival treasures? What are the copyright challenges? What are the economic consequences for the archives themselves? And how does the law currently deal with orphaned works? A brand new study of current European legislation which aims at opening the doors to Europe's treasure chest of public archives.