How does HathiTrust protect access to in-copyright works?
Access to materials in the repository is determined by 1) copyright law and 2) permissions granted by individual rights holders. Works that HathiTrust partners do not have rights to make available are not made available, or are made available under very limited circumstances (such as to certified users with disabilities who need to make use of a screen reader in order to access materials). The primary function of HathiTrust is long-term preservation, with access to materials secondary, and we make every effort to respect the rights of copyright holders and comply with copyright law. Our policy on copyright can be found at http://www.hathitrust.org/rights_management, and a detailed description of how we store and use rights information in determining copyright status is available at http://www.hathitrust.org/rights_database.
Access to materials in the repository is determined by 1) copyright law and 2) permissions granted by individual rights holders. Works that HathiTrust partners do not have rights to make available are not made available, or are made available under very limited circumstances (such as to certified users with disabilities who need to make use of a screen reader in order to access materials). The primary function of HathiTrust is long-term preservation, with access to materials secondary, and we make every effort to respect the rights of copyright holders and comply with copyright law. Our policy on copyright can be found at
