diff --git a/Repositories/otago_eprints3/otago_eprints/cfg/cfg.d/eprint_fields_default.pl b/Repositories/otago_eprints3/otago_eprints/cfg/cfg.d/eprint_fields_default.pl
index ca6bc39..bdcdcf9 100755
--- a/Repositories/otago_eprints3/otago_eprints/cfg/cfg.d/eprint_fields_default.pl
+++ b/Repositories/otago_eprints3/otago_eprints/cfg/cfg.d/eprint_fields_default.pl
@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@
 	my( $data, $session ) = @_;
 
 	$data->{type} = "article";
+	# 2007-04-18: Added defaults for new author permission and copyright
+	# status fields.
+	$data->{author_permission} = "unproc";
+	$data->{copyright_status} = "unproc";
 };