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WELCOME TO DISCOVERWORKS

DiscoverWorks.org is a community resource that provides support for anyone interested in finding the copyright status for a work of any kind. Works are media-neutral and can include photographs, books, textile designs, movies, blogs, or any other media type.

Using DiscoverWorks.org, you will be able to seek copyright holders, and investigate past rights ownership information, for any kind of work. DiscoverWorks.org makes use of Wiki software to enable you - the user - to collaborate with other users, authors, and creators about works.


  • Note: You are encouraged to edit the text below. Generally, the Help page should explain How while the FAQ page should explain Why. Personal notes may be stored in your user profile.



FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

The FAQ for DiscoverWorks (this site) is located at: http://www.discoverworks.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ


CREATING AN ACCOUNT

You may view DiscoverWorks.org pages without a DiscoverWorks account. To collaborate in DiscoverWorks, however, you will need to create an account. Select the create account link in the top-right toolbar of the DiscoverWorks homepage. Account creation gathers the following information: username, password, e-mail, and your real name. Your real name is optional and used for giving you attribution for your work if you choose.

When you create an account, you are required to provide a valid email address. DiscoverWorks or its moderators may, from time to time, make efforts to contact you at the email address you provided for various reasons relating to your account. If you fail to respond to our emails on a repeated basis, we may, in our discretion, suspend or terminate your account.

Edit Account

To edit your account, access my preferences in the top toolbar when logged in. See also My Preferences

Log in

To log in, select "log in" from the top toolbar. You must have cookies enabled to log in. (Accept Cookies setting in your browser's preferences settings.)

Select the Remember My Login On This Computer to enable auto login. A cookie will be placed on your computer that identifies who you are to DiscoverWorks each time you log in. This saves you the steps of entering your username and password each time you visit this site. It is not recommended that you use this feature on a public or shared computer, as other users of the computer can automatically enter DiscoverWorks using your account information.

To disable auto login, click the Logout button. Both your DiscoverWorks session and your auto login settings will be terminated. The next time you use DiscoverWorks you will be required to log in.

Log Out

To log out, select "log out" in the top toolbar. DiscoverWorks will automatically log you out after approximately 20 minutes of account inactivity if you do not have Remember My Login On This Computer selected.

Forgot Password?

Select "log in" in the top toolbar. Enter your username and select the "e-mail password" button. You will receive an e-mail immediately from admin@discoverworks.org with a new, temporary password. Use the temporary password to log in and create a new password.

Account Information

Read the DiscoverWorks Privacy Policy to understand how DiscoverWorks treats information, including personal information, about users of DiscoverWorks. To manage your account, reference the my preferences link in the top toolbar of DiscoverWorks after logging in. My Preferences enables you to edit your user account, modify your display of DiscoverWorks when logged in, and more.



ROLES

The principal DiscoverWorks roles, in ascending order of involvement, are : Anyone, Registered Participants, and Moderators.

  • Anyone can search and view/listen to, etc. the results of their inquiries.
  • Registered Participants can create new works pages, edit existing works pages, add metadata, participate in discussions, and create a profile of themselves for other community members to see.
  • Moderators can lock or delete pages, block Participants (under the Community Guidance rules or as a matter of law), merge pages, and in general do everything necessary to manage the site, or portions thereof.



USING THE COPYRIGHTED WORKS OF OTHERS

Unless you are using the copyrighted work of someone else within the limitations imposed by the fair use doctrine in the United States (or certain other special provisions of U.S. law or analogous provisions under the law of other countries), you need copyright permission in order to use or reuse that work. Reading or viewing a work in a private manner isn’t a use that ordinarily needs permission, but uses or reuses like reprinting or otherwise reproducing textual works, publicly performing a play or a movie, or publishing a translation or a derivative work (making a movie from a book), DO need permission (or to fall under fair use).


Determining Whether a Work Is Protected by Copyright Law

Although any work (whether published, unpublished or out-of print) may fail to contain a copyright notice, both recently published works (including materials on public Websites and in other digital formats) and recent unpublished works (such as many photographs, home videos, manuscripts, letters and theses) are almost certainly protected by copyright, whether or not they include a copyright notice. In fact, any copyrightable materials created or published in the United States after 1922, including out-of-print works, are more-likely-than-not still protected by copyright. Reproducing or otherwise using any or all of any work still in copyright entails obtaining authorization or permission from the appropriate copyright holder, or making a fair use assessment under Section 107 of the Copyright Act.


A Helpful Copyright Chart

That said, not every post-1922 work is still protected by copyright. To evaluate the likelihood that a work is still protected by copyright, see the chart by Peter B. Hirtle, entitled Copyright Term and the Public Domain and available online at: Copyright Chart

This chart contains copyright term information for:

  • Never Published, Never Registered Works
  • Works Published in the U.S.
  • Works Published Outside the U.S. by Foreign Nationals or U.S. Citizens
  • Sound Recordings
  • Architectural Works

Copyright Renewals: Books

As to works, primarily books, which may have been registered and renewed under the copyright system in place in the United States prior to 1978, search the copyright renewal book database at Rutgers University: RU Copyright Renewal Database Search

* The Rutgers data includes U. S. copyright renewal records for all books published during the years 1923-1963. Books published before 1923, or before Jan. 1, 1964 and not renewed, are out of copyright. The Rutgers data does not contain listings for music, movies, or periodicals.

Copyright Information

Links to additional copyright information may be located in DiscoverWorks on the following page: Copyright Information

Citation/Caption

When reusing or referring to another's work, it is customary (and courteous!) to cite the source and/or influence. A citation or caption recognizes the source of reused materials. Although DiscoverWorks does not guarantee the validity or reliability of any works or metadata provided here, as noted in our Terms of Use, accurate citations do provide the community with useful leads towards gathering data necessary to more accurately describe a work.

As an example, here is the URL citation for the chart listed above: "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States." Peter B. Hirtle. Cornell Copyright Information Center. November 2007. http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain

Contact the Rightsholder

If you are looking for the rightsholder of a work and DiscoverWorks does not have this metadata, the Copyright Office website may have relevant information. You may also post a notice in DiscoverWorks on the Work page for that work, or create a new Work page. Monitor (Watch) the page to receive automated notifications of changes to that page. Finally, in order to find information about a work or get a discussion going about a work, you may post a discussion entry on your user page.

IF YOU ARE THE RIGHTSHOLDER

If you are a rightsholder of content referenced in DiscoverWorks, or you represent the rightsholder, enter the relevant information into the DiscoverWorks Work page for that work. You may also start (and populate) a Work page for a work of your own, thereby notifying the community of your rights in that work.

The DiscoverWorks community operates within the boundaries of copyright laws and considers these rules very important. If you believe the information displayed on a Work page appearing in DiscoverWorks infringes on your copyrights, you are entitled to request that the infringing material be taken down by contacting a moderator at [1]. You may also, as the rightsholder, choose to create a DiscoverWorks profile for yourself so that prospective users can contact you for permission to use the work.

Intellectual Property Policy

Read the DiscoverWorks policy on intellectual property rights, including our notice response and takedown procedures as well as the format of notice if you believe your intellectual property rights have been infringed. Intellectual Property

Contact a DiscoverWorks User

All items posted on DiscoverWorks have the user’s username associated with them. If you would like to communicate with a user, please post a notice on that user’s user page. Alternatively, you may post a note directly on a Work page in which that user has already expressed interest. DiscoverWorks users often monitor pages of interest and will be automatically notified of any page edits.

FINDING AND WATCHING WORKS

Finding Works

To locate a work on the DiscoverWorks site, use one of the DiscoverWorks search tools referenced below. If you do not locate the work you are searching for, consider adding it to the DiscoverWorks. See Add a Work below for details.

Standard Search Find

Advanced Search Search

Search Settings To set your preferred search criteria to be saved for future searches, select the my preferences link in the top toolbar, select the search tab, and select from the pre-defined search settings. My Preferences

More about Searching (and Finding): Detailed Search Instructions

Watching Works

To be automatically notified when a work page in DiscoverWorks has been edited, first log into the DiscoverWorks site if you haven't already. Next, locate the work you are interested in monitoring. Finally, select the watch tab displayed at the top of the work page in DiscoverWorks.

For a complete list of all works set to watch in your account, select the my watchlist link at the top of the DiscoverWorks site when logged in. All works you have marked to be watched will be displayed with corresponding functionality to view relevant changes, view and edit the watchlist, edit the watchlist, and clear the watchlist.



MANAGING WORKS

DiscoverWorks.org is a Wiki which means you can create and edit the information regarding works stored in the DiscoverWorks database. DiscoverWorks uses the wiki platform, so adding works pages is simple. No knowledge of HTML or wiki markup is necessary, although it may be helpful. Before creating a new work page, please search the DiscoverWorks database for the work. From the results page, registered participants may create a new work page if none exists or edit an existing work page.

Practice Wiki

Before adding and editing pages in DiscoverWorks, you may want to try editing a sample wiki page in the DiscoverWorks Sandbox.


Add a Work

Process

To add a new work page to the DiscoverWorks database, if no work page for the relevant work currently exists, log in and select the Add a work link on the DiscoverWorks main page.

In the New Content? text box, enter the title of the work you wish to add. A new works template will automatically be created. Enter information about the work into the template, including any metadata you have, general information about the work (for example, where you found it and what date it might be), as well as any associated files.

Uploading Files

Participants in the DiscoverWorks community adhere to the copyright laws of the United States and as such, we do not display content on the site that that may still be under copyright protection, beyond that portion of the work that is necessary to identify the work. To protect the community from inadvertently infringing on a rightsholder’s copyright, DiscoverWorks limits uploads to a snippet of text, a thumbnail, or a minimal sample for other types of work.

If you need to reference an associated file (for example, a thumbnail or an audio clip) to help identify the work, use the upload file option on the left, then attach the file to the page using the embedded image icon that is available at the top of the Edit page. File size and duration limits are in place (Filesize: 1000 KB; Screenspace; Duration: 30 secs; Lines of text: 300). Select the save button on the page to complete the process.

Uploading files to DiscoverWorks.org is accomplished through the WikiMedia tools Wikimedia Images and Other Uploaded Files

ASCII to Word

Utility for converting Gutenberg ASCII files to Microsoft Word file format

Note

Note: After saving, you may have to bypass your browser's cache to view the changes. Mozilla / Firefox / Safari: hold down Shift while clicking Reload, or press Ctrl-Shift-R (Cmd-Shift-R on Apple Mac); IE: hold Ctrl while clicking Refresh, or press Ctrl-F5; Konqueror:: simply click the Reload button, or press F5; Opera users may need to completely clear their cache in Tools→Preferences.

Edit a Work

The pages available to you for editing are governed by your wiki role, as described in Roles above and detailed here User Access Levels. Additionally, certain pages are restricted from being edited to prevent structural changes to this wiki and to prevent vandalism. These pages include, but are not limited to: Main Page, Templates, Add a Work, Upload a work, Search for a Work, Legal Pages, and Contact Us.

Before editing works pages in DiscoverWorks, please note the edits must be original to you or you must have other authorization.

To edit an existing work in the DiscoverWorks database:


  1. log in to DiscoverWorks or create an account if you haven't already
  2. search for the work to be edited or create a new one (follow the prompts after conducting a search)
  3. select the edit tab above the article name
  4. edit and/or add to the text in the display window; enter as much bibliographic information as possible; other users will add to it; see Moderators for expectations and guidelines
    • use the toolbar above the window for basic formatting; hover with your mouse above the button for a description
    • select a wiki markup symbol from the symbol set at the bottom of the screen; the symbol will be placed at the location of your cursor and provides formatting in the final product; see also How to edit a page from Wikipedia and Cheatsheet from Wikipedia
  5. enter one or more categories for your work to ensure that it can be located by others; example formats: [[Category:Book]] or [[Category:Textile]]; place this at the bottom of your work
  6. upload any accompanying files to assist others in identifying the work; select the upload file link on the left; link to the file within your work
  7. attach any necessary templates; type two curly braces, the template name, and the template text; see also Templates*
  8. enter a summary of your edits in the summary text box *
  9. sign your name to the edits using the wiki markup of four tildes ~~~~ which displays youruser name plus date/time, also available in the wiki markup symbol set *
  10. select the minor edit and watch this page checkboxes as necessary
  11. select the show preview button to view your edits
  12. select the save page button to save your edits 
       * These items are optional though courtesies expected of all wiki users.

Discuss a Work

Engage in ongoing discussions about a work, look for an owner of a work, share your knowledge about a work, and make use of the collaborative nature of the wiki platform using the Discussion functionality.

To discuss a work in the DiscoverWorks database:

  1. log in to DiscoverWorks or create an account if you haven't already
  2. search for the work to be discussed
  3. select the Discussion tab above the article name
  4. edit and/or add to the text in the display window
  5. follow the instructions under Editing a Work above.

View the History of a Work

Select the History tab to view and compare edits to a selected Works page.

Move a Work

Select the Move tab to rename a Works page. Selecting the Move tab changes the tab to the Special tab with which you may change the name of a Works page. To display all standard tabs, select your browser's back button.

Delete a Work

To request to have content removed from the public areas of the DiscoverWorks site, contact the DiscoverWorks moderator: moderator@discoverworks.org.

Note

When you post something to the DiscoverWorks site or edit a page, you are publishing a public document and granting a license to DiscoverWorks and other users to view and use your contributions in accordance with the DiscoverWorks Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Removing text or other content from a Works page does not permanently delete it. DiscoverWorks administrators and other registered users may access pages preserved in the site history to view the contents. DiscoverWorks may, in its sole discretion and under very limited circumstances, permanently delete content from public areas of the site in response to user requests, legal action or under other appropriate circumstances.



SITE NAVIGATION

Wiki sites, by their very nature, are dynamic sites. The descriptions and locations listed below are meant to provide general insight into a few of the more common features and links within DiscoverWorks. The actual locations may change.

Navigation

The following links are displayed in the Navigation window on the left-hand toolbar:

  • Discover: DiscoverWorks.org home page
  • Community Portal: News about DiscoverWorks and community discussion forum.
  • Current Events: Current events in the DiscoverWorks community.
  • Recent Changes: Displays the most recent changes on the wiki page, sorted chronologically.
  • Random Page: Displays a random page from the DiscoverWorks.org database of works.
  • Help: Links to help pages.

Search

Standard Search: Field Standard Search is available in the Navigation window on the left-hand toolbar. Enter a keyword or phrase and select the Go button to view results from the DiscoverWorks main pages.

Advanced Search: Search Advanced Search is available from the link above. Enter a keyword or phrase and select a search category (the main category or a talk subcategory): Main, User, DiscoverWorks.org, Image, MediaWiki, Template, Help, Category.

Toolbox

The following links are displayed in the Toolbox windows on the left-hand toolbar beneath the Search tool:

  • Upload file: A tool for uploading files. To view or search uploaded images, go to

Uploaded Images. To include the image in a page, use a link in the form Image:File.jpg, Image:File.png or Media:File.ogg.

  • Special pages: Special pages are pages within DiscoverWorks categorizing data by a variety of variables or offering additional tools for users of DiscoverWorks. For example, for a list of the most linked to categories in DiscoverWorks, select Most linked to categories. to filter DiscoverWork files for MMT-type, select MME search.
  • What links here, Related changes, Printable version, and Permanent link: Tools for managing a DiscoverWorks page. These tools display only when a DiscoverWorks page is accessed.

Share this!=

The links displayed in the Share this! window offer links to a variety of DiscoverWorks.org user favorite websites.

Links

The following links display on the top toolbar of DiscoverWorks when logged in.

  • My Talk provides a page within DiscoverWorks for you to enter commentary.
  • My Preferences is your DiscoverWorks MyAccount feature, a powerful tool for enhancing your DiscoverWorks experience. My Preferences enables you to edit your user account, modify your display of DiscoverWorks when logged in, and more.
  • My Watchlist is a complete list of the works within DiscoverWorks you have identified as being of interest to you. DiscoverWorks will automatically notify you when the page is edited by a user.
  • My Contributions displays a history of your activity within DiscoverWorks. My Contributions enables you to display your activity chronologically or comparatively. To undo (delete) a contribution made by you, select the contribution in My Contributions and select the rollback link. DiscoverWorks will display the item in its former state.
  • Log Out/Log In

Select the log out/log in (a toggle) link in the top toolbar of DiscoverWorks to end your DiscoverWorks session or begin it.

Tabs

The following tabs display beneath the links on the top toolbar of DiscoverWorks when logged in. Select a Work before selecting the tabs to display Work-related data.

  • Select the article tab for a Work to display the selected Work metadata.
  • Select the discussion tab for a Work to display ongoing DiscoverWorks communications regarding the selected Work, if any. Selecting the Discussion tab changes the remaining tabs to Edit and Unwatch. See below for details. To display all standard tabs, select your browser's back button or reselect the Article tab.
  • Select the edit tab to edit the selected Works page.
  • Select the history tab to view and compare edits to the selected Works page.
  • Select the move tab to rename a Works page. Selecting the Move tab changes the tab to the Special tab with which you may change the name of a Works page. To display all standard tabs, select your browser's back button.
  • Select the watch/unwatch tab (toggle) to watch/unwatch the selected Works page.



TERMS OF USE

Any use of the DiscoverWorks site and services is subject to the terms and conditions, privacy policy, and guidelines referenced below:

Guidelines and Legal Landing Page

Guidelines and Legal Landing Page



CONTACT

For a complete list of DiscoverWorks contacts, including mailing addresses and telephone numbers, reference the DiscoverWorks Contact page. Contact Page

  • Questions/Comments: info@discoverworks.org
  • Moderator: moderator@discoverworks.org



GLOSSARY

  • Copyright: Copyright means the exclusive, legal rights held by a rightsholder - whether publisher, individual, or entity - to reproduce, prepare derivative works from, distribute, perform and display content. For further information on copyright law in general, see the U.S. Copyright Office's website: U. S. Copyright Office.
  • Copyright-holder: See Rightsholder.
  • Metadata: Metadata is data about data. For example, metadata about a book might include the author's name, publication date, isbn, and copyright date.
  • Rights: A right, as used in DiscoverWorks.org, is a standardized legal permission to use an item of copyrighted content, as requested by the user and as made available by the copyright-holder. DiscoverWorks does not provide or facilitate rights transactions. DiscoverWorks users may not engage in commercial reselling or redistributing the contents, metadata, or services of the DiscoverWorks site.
  • Rightsholder: A rightsholder (also referred to as copyright-holder or owner) is that entity which holds the legal right to grant exclusive use of copyrighted content. Examples of rightsholders include authors, composers, playwrights, publishers, distributors, and photographers.
  • Owner: See Rightsholder.
  • Template: DiscoverWorks Templates are used for notifying users of something: warning, information and important templates. Include a template when editing a page to display the template when users access the page.
  • Works: Works are the literary, musical, dramatic, artistic, photographic, or electronic content for which a copyright-holder holds exclusive, legal rights. Works are media-neutral and can include photographs, books, textile designs, movies, blogs, or any other media type.
  • Wiki: A collaborative website.
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