Copyright Resources and Current Issues

"Proposed Legislation on Orphan Works: Solving the Problem or Escalating the Crisis?"
July 6, 1:00pm EDST

I've participated in several of the Educause web events and will recommend that you join in based on my experience.

http://www.educause.edu/LIVE0613

Posted by Lorre Smith at 12:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This forum is a long-standing general forum where those interested in copyright from all walks of life gather. A source for news, controversy, argument and an overall good time for copyright hounds. This page includes the directions on how to subscribe.

About the CNI Copyright Forum
http://www.cni.org/forums/cni-copyright/cni-copyright.html

Posted by Lorre Smith at 01:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In general, it's fair to say that the broadcast flag sections of the Senate telecommunications bill can have a very negative effect on the rights outlined in section 107 of the copyright law. For background, these three sites offer explanations:

American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/copyrightb/broadcastflag/broadcastflag.htm

Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/HDTV/

Public Knowledge
http://www.publicknowledge.org/articles/51

Posted by Lorre Smith at 03:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In another page from the Stanford Center, Peter Hirtle has written a good essay regarding the issues of digital preservation. Although issues of preservation copying exist with a legal context that is murkey at best, Hirtle remains encouraging for libraries and archives.

He cites two more works in his notes for further reading:
June Besek, "Copyright issues relevant to the creation of a digital archive: a preliminary assessment" (Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources and the Library of Congress, 2003) http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub112/contents.html

Adrienne Muir, "Copyright and licensing for digital preservation" Library and Information Update, June 2003 http://www.cilip.org.uk/update/issues/jun03/article2june.html

Digital Preservation and Copyright by Peter Hirtle
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/commentary_and_analysis/2003_11_hirtle.html

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The Stanford University Libraries Copyright and Fair Use pages include a page of pointers to cases of importance to all who study copyright.

Case Law and Judicial Opinions
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/primary_materials/cases/index.html

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