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src/conrad/rights.py

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"""Rights + access-level vocabulary. Conrad's cartoons are in copyright (LA Times / Denver Post /
Conrad estate); nothing here is public domain. We store WHERE a work can be legally viewed."""
from __future__ import annotations

# access_level vocabulary for cartoon_sources
ONLINE_IMAGE = "online_image"          # repository itself shows a digitized image to the public (link out)
ONLINE_METADATA = "online_metadata"    # catalog record online, no public image
ARCHIVE_VISIT = "archive_visit"        # physical item; view in reading room / by appointment
PAYWALLED = "paywalled"                # newspaper database etc.
CDL = "controlled_digital_lending"     # borrowable scan (archive.org); not accessed by this project

PUBLIC_IMAGE_LEVELS = {ONLINE_IMAGE}
REQUIRES_ARCHIVE = {ARCHIVE_VISIT}

DEFAULT_RIGHTS = {
    "Huntington Library": ("Physical originals at The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Copyright retained by "
                           "the Conrad estate / original publisher; reproduction requires permission.",
                           "https://www.huntington.org/reproduction-requests"),
    "Library of Congress": ("Library of Congress Prints & Photographs. Rights status per item record; Conrad works are "
                            "in copyright — publication may require permission from the copyright holder.",
                            "https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/rights.html"),
    "Syracuse University": ("Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center; reading-room access. "
                            "Copyright held by the creator's estate / publisher.",
                            "https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/"),
    "Wichita State University": ("Wichita State University Libraries Special Collections (MS 90-18). Copyright held by "
                                 "the creator's estate / publisher.", "https://libraries.wichita.edu/specialcollections"),
    "Ohio State University": ("Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Copyright held by the creator's estate / publisher.",
                              "https://cartoons.osu.edu/"),
}

COPYRIGHT_NOTE = ("In copyright (Los Angeles Times, Denver Post, or the Paul Conrad estate). This archive stores "
                  "metadata and link-outs; where the holding institution publishes a public image it is "
                  "shown directly from that institution's server — no copy is stored here.")


def rights_for(repository: str | None) -> tuple[str, str | None]:
    return DEFAULT_RIGHTS.get(repository or "", (COPYRIGHT_NOTE, None))