 
preserver’s responsibility; first, to advise the creator on how to address intellectual property 
issues in its record-making and recordkeeping systems, and, second, to ensure that intellectual 
property issues are addressed in the design of the preservation system. In particular, any issues 
relevant to third-party intellectual property rights should be cleared before the transfer of records 
to be preserved from the creator to the preserver. The latter must consider these issues as a 
part of the assess