November 17, 2003

 Re:      Copyright Acknowledgment for Entries

in the Cambodian Genocide Databases

Mr. Richard Richie

Sterling Memorial Library

Manuscripts & Archives Department

Yale University

New Haven, CT USA

Dear Mr. Richie,

We are writing with regard to the Cambodian Genocide Databases (CGDBs)
managed by Yale University’s Department of Archives & Manuscripts and the
Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam). As you know, we hope and intend to include searchable versions of the CGDBs on our Internet site in the near future. We recognize that certain information that we intend to display is copyrighted property of the Cambodian Genocide Program (CGP) and Yale University. This letter describes our plans for ensuring that we properly acknowledge Yale copyrights when appropriate.

We acknowledge the copyright of Yale and the CGP over the presentation and arrangement of the facts that comprise the databases, and we will include language to that effect on the index page of each of the CGDBs featured on our Internet site. We also acknowledge that Yale and the CGP possess copyright over all records compiled before September 2001. Therefore, any such record appearing on our web site will include an additional field marking it as copyrighted property of Yale University and by the CGP. By contrast, database entries added during or after September 2001 will not bear such indications.

We hope that this arrangement will be satisfactory to you as a way to deal with the issue of copyright protection. We appreciate your permission to feature duly acknowledged entries copyrighted by Yale and the CGP on our web site. We will continue to provide you with copies of our updated database according to established procedures and look forward to maintaining our strong ties in the search for memory and justice in Cambodia.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at [855] 23-211-875 or via email at dccam@online.com.kh if you have any questions or comments on our planned procedures. Our Legal Advisor, John D. Ciorciari, will also be pleased to meet you in New Haven at a mutually convenient time if it is helpful. We thank you for your consideration and look forward to hearing from you.

cc:  Sampeou Ros

       Head, DC-Cam Documentation Team