1. Language Data and Rights Elaine L. Westbrooks March 31, 2006

2. Overview Ethics Undocumented Rights : Problems Rights Expression (Solutions)

3. Ethics (1) Language Documentation facets of ethical research Code of Conduct Informed consent

4. Ethics (2) Language Archiving Intellectual property rights International & Protected groups Preserve data Access management Human Subjects Institutional Review Board Confidentiality, privacy

5. Problems Institutions/archives are responsible Linguists knowledgeable of access rights Documented access rights lead to: Preservation & Access

6. Solutions? Rights Expression & DRM ODRL - The Open Digital Rights Language (http://odrl.net/)http://odrl.net/ Creative Commons METS Rights MPEG-21, Part 5 (MPEG-21/5) Electronic Rights Management (ERM)

7. ODRL Syntax - XML Schema http://newlanguages.com/docs/

8. In Summary More questions than answers Complete consideration of right at data documentation stage IRBs do not have firm command of rights Data sharing is impossible without a firm command of rights issues