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It's time for a rest from copyright and all things library related. The blog will be active again in late June.
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It's time for a rest from copyright and all things library related. The blog will be active again in late June.
Well, it's not *everything* the Copyright Office thinks about Fair Use, however it is an absorbing discussion about ripping DVDs and DRM.
This page deserves note for its list called:
Copyright Licensing Organizations & Publications Rights Clearinghouses.
These links deliver a wealth of information for US, UK and Canada.
This page does a wonderful job of explaining what cannot be protected, and thus gives a full complement to the principles of copyright.
Briefly:
* Materials Not Creative Enough
* Idea/Expression Dichotomy
* Expired Copyrights ("Public Domain")
* Works Copied as Fair Use
Each of these headings is given a concise explanation.
http://publishing.wsu.edu/copyright/what%5Fcopyright%5Fdoes%5Fnot%5Fprotect/
These guidelines from North Carolina give a sense of what is out there and being used for multimedia in schools.
This index page to European Commission documents and web pages on copyright is well worth exploring.
The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce a national teleconference and Webcast on copyright in the digital age. The program titled "Copyright in the Digital Age: An Update," will take place on Friday, June 1, from 12 to 2 p.m. EST.
"Copyright in the Digital Age: An Update," will feature national library leaders discussing the complex copyright and intellectual property issues affecting libraries and schools. Presenters include Kenneth Crews, professor, Indiana University School of Law; Tomas Lipinski, associate professor, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and Miriam Nisbet, legislative counsel, ALA Washington Office.
For the announcement in blog entry:
http://blogs.ala.org/districtdispatch.php?cat=299
For the webcast information page and registration form:
http://www.dupagepress.com/COD/index.php?id=1281http://http://www.dupagepress.com/COD/index.php?id=1281
I was captivated by this website and perspective it provides. I hope you find it edifying.
From the main page: " WELCOME TO COPY SOUTH We are told that we live in the ‘digital revolution’ era and that we can communicate across the globe as we never could before. In fact, restrictive copyright laws still act as a serious barrier to sharing and learning from each other. This is particularly true in countries of the South where three quarters of the population live. "
ARL has a new brochure for faculty members. Those of you who do copyright education may wish to review it and use it for your classes.
Description from the ARL site: "Among the topics covered in the brochure are: fair use, the advantage of linking to instead of copying works, and special provisions for displaying or performing works in classes. The brochure also includes a one-page chart that highlights 24 situations when various categories of works can be used.
For libraries that wish to customize the brochure, white space is available on page 3 (the bottom of the left column) where you might add the name of a local contact."
The web site also provides ideas on how to use the brochure on campus.
http://www.knowyourcopyrights.org/resourcesfac/kycrbrochure.shtml