Surveys of existing practices, protocols and policies for documenting, recording and digitizing intangible cultural heritage published by the World Intellectual Poroperty Organisation (WIPO).
Many institutions and communities have already developed valuable IP-related codes, protocols, policies, practices and standard agreements relating to the safeguarding of, access to, ownership of and control over cultural heritage. WIPO has commissioned surveys of these existing resources and practices, which can serve as an empirical basis for the eventual development of best practices and guidelines. The surveys were prepared by experts commissioned by WIPO. Include:

• 'Towards IP Guidelines and Best Practices for Recording and Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Survey of Codes, Conduct and Challenges in North America' Martin Skrydstrup; and
• 'Intellectual Property and Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Survey of Current Practices and Protocols in the South Pacific' by Malia Talakai.

 For more on WIPO's Creative Heritage Project: http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/folklore/culturalheritage/index.html.

http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/folklore/culturalheritage/surveys.html