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T.H.E. Journal March 2008 Neal Starkman |
Do the (Copy)right Thing Educators' lack of attention to intellectual property law places their schools in legal jeopardy-and sends a terrible message to students. |
Linux Journal August 1, 2002 Lawrence Rosen |
Geek Law: Fair Use Unfortunately, the word fair has colloquial meanings that are different from the legal meaning of the phrase fair use. The law doesn't say that any licensing practice you find distasteful or that you morally oppose can be ignored if to do so would be fair. |
Information Today August 26, 2014 Abby Clobridge |
New MOOC Teaches Educators and Librarians About Copyright Copyright for Educators & Librarians is one of a few new courses directly related to the work of librarians and information professionals. |
InternetNews August 31, 2006 Roy Mark |
Beware of Free (Including RIAA Legal Advice?) Trade groups slam new RIAA educational video on copyright laws. |
Linux Journal July 2001 Lawrence Rosen |
Copyright Confusion Do I need to put a copyright notice on my software?... Can a software license restrict my ability to use software?... |
Information Today June 2008 George H. Pike |
Putting Academic Fair Use to the Test The Fair Use Doctrine is one of the most important, complex, and misunderstood elements of copyright law. |
Salon.com August 31, 2001 Damien Cave |
Copywrong? A government report giving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act a passing grade is a disaster for the general public, say critics... |
T.H.E. Journal March 1, 2010 |
A Custom Fit K-12 educators need to get a better understanding of open content, for their own benefit as well as their students'. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2005 Jeremiah Woolsey |
Determining `Fair Use' Practices Educators should use common sense and a few basic guidelines to protect themselves and their work. Here is an overview of Section 107 of the US Copyright Act. |
Information Today October 28, 2014 George H. Pike |
Appeals Court Reverses Georgia State Fair Use Decision A federal appellate court reversed a fair use finding in favor of Georgia State University in its long-standing copyright dispute with several academic publishers. |
Information Today September 12, 2011 George H. Pike |
Orphan Works Project to Scan Library Books for Online Database This Orphan Works Project could result in digital access to millions of out-of-print books, but it also runs a risk of violating federal copyright laws. |
Information Today December 2005 Keith Kupferschmid |
Are Authors and Publishers Getting Scroogled? A copyright analysis of the Google Print Library Project. |
Information Today May 17, 2012 George H. Pike |
Georgia State University Copyright Decision Issued -- New Rules for Users and Publishers In a highly anticipated decision, a federal court in Atlanta gave Georgia State University a solid, although not complete victory in its fair use defense of its course web and electronic library reserve programs. |
Searcher July 2005 Laura Gordon-Murnane |
Generosity and Copyright: Creative Commons and Creative Commons Search Tools Librarians now have a useful tool they can use to help identify content that patrons might want to use in a podcast, a mash-up, a collage, a video contribution to a blog, a document, a presentation, or whatever. |
D-Lib Jul/Aug 2013 Fowler & Smith |
Drawing the Blueprint As We Build: Setting Up a Library-based Copyright and Permissions Service for MOOCs The rapid growth of Massively Open Online Courses in higher education has raised the question of what services libraries on campus can, and should, provide for these courses. |
Searcher September 2012 Peter B. Hirtle |
Feature: When is 1923 Going to Arrive and Other Complications of the u.s. Public Domain The public domain has always existed, but the rise of digital and networked technologies has made it particularly important. Our copyright laws represent an agreement among powerful publishing and media interests that is intended to work for their mutual benefit. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2008 Kirk Teska |
What Can You (Legally) Take From the Web? Web sites and bloggers beware: copyright law applies to you too. |
Search Engine Watch September 26, 2007 Grant Crowell |
Copyright Law: What Search Marketers Should Know (Part 1) Most online copyright infringement issues are best handled by being diplomatic and professional, and can be handled with some simple legal procedures. |
Searcher May 2007 Stephanie C. Ardito |
Social Networking and Video Web Sites: MySpace and YouTube Meet the Copyright Cops The author thinks the media giants will eventually calm down and learn to work with social networking and video Web sites. Otherwise, these outlets risk losing their substantial customer base, not to mention access to revolutionary marketing strategies and technologies. |
Information Today November 19, 2013 George H. Pike |
Google's Fair Use Defense Prevails in Google Books Lawsuit A federal court in New York gave Google a huge victory that may likely end its 9-year fight with the Authors Guild and individual authors over the Google Books scanning project. |
Macworld February 2001 Philip Michaels |
Copyright Program Simplifies Paperwork Official Copyright 1.5 is a great source of copyright information, offering a tutorial on copyright issues and an efficient search feature that helps you find the right form. But the registration process is where Official Copyright really earns its keep... |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Up Close and Virtual By adding web-based offerings to traditional in-person sessions, school districts can continue to provide support to teachers when face-to-face visits aren't possible. |
Searcher December 2002 Carol Ebbinghouse |
Just Can't Hardly Give It Away: Generosity Versus Copyright Many do not want to give up their copyright and the financial return on their creative work, but a growing number of creators do want to make their creations freely available. |
D-Lib February 2005 Pasi Tyrvainen |
Concepts and a Design for Fair Use and Privacy in DRM Examines contemporary digital rights management technology, which deals with controlling and managing digital rights over intellectual property, in the legal context of the European Union Copyright Directive (EUCD) and the U.S. |
Information Today November 19, 2009 |
International Activists Launch New Copyright Watch Website The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Electronic Information for Libraries, and other international copyright experts joined together to launch a public website created to centralize resources on national copyright laws. |
Information Today April 10, 2008 George H. Pike |
Section 108 Study Group Releases Report A panel of government, academic, and information industry experts formed to study the copyright challenges faced by libraries and archives in managing and preserving digital content recommends changes to the U.S. Copyright Act. |
Information Today June 12, 2006 Barbara Brynko |
Copyright Clearance Center Introduces Rightsphere for Copyright Compliance The Copyright Clearance Center is rolling out its latest compliance tool, Rightsphere. |
CIO August 1, 2003 Radcliffe & Rosen |
Patent, Copyright and Trade Secret -- What's the Difference? - The intellectual property in software can be protected three ways: patents, copyrights and trade secrets. |
Reason July 2001 Mike Godwin |
Copywrong Why the Digital Millennium Copyright Act hurts the public interest... |
InternetNews May 18, 2007 Clint Boulton |
Will Copyright Alliance's Wax Trigger YouTube's Wane? YouTubes of the world be warned. This coalition vows to uphold and enforce copyright laws under the First Amendment. |
Information Today March 25, 2013 George H. Pike |
A 'Total Victory' for the First Sale Doctrine from the Supreme Court In a powerful and conclusive opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that copyright's First Sale doctrine applies to all legal copyrighted works regardless of where they are manufactured. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
From Gathering Information to Taking Action Four new projects herald the bold next phase of the Congress on the Future of Content. |
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
A Revolution on Hold In their push toward using digital content in the classroom, many schools are stuck in second gear until basic changes to both infrastructure and entrenched habits are made. But even as school districts grapple with making those changes, policymakers have begun to move forward. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Hofer, Chamberlin & Scot |
Fulfilling the Need for a Technology Integration Specialist A look at the current role of a school-based technology coordinator. |
D-Lib February 2006 Esther Hoorn |
Copyright Issues in Open Access Research Journals: The Authors' Perspective A survey reveals the desire on the part of academics to change the balance of rights within copyright between authors and publishers in scholarly communication journals. |
Information Today March 29, 2010 George H. Pike |
Summary Judgment Motions Filed in Georgia State Copyright Infringement Lawsuit The increasingly testy copyright infringement lawsuit between Cambridge University Press and other publishers and Georgia State University (GSU) over electronic course materials may be coming to a climax. |
Information Today March 10, 2015 Abby Clobridge |
'Every Week Is Fair Use Week' Similar to Open Access Week, Fair Use Week is a loosely organized, week long event during which libraries, universities, museums, archives, and individuals raise awareness about fair use. |
Searcher February 2002 Carol Ebbinghouse |
Not All Laws Are Free: The Importance of the Veeck Case When it comes to legal issues, an erroneous assumption older than the Internet appears: The text of all laws is free of copyright and may be copied and/or distributed freely... |
T.H.E. Journal May 1, 2010 Vanessa Hua |
A Strategy Worth Watching The Excellence in Teaching Project discards frivolous checklists in favor of a purposeful online, observation-based process of assessing teachers' performance. |
InternetNews July 1, 2005 Erin Joyce |
Click Here For Inducement Disclaimers The Supreme Court's ruling that P2P technology developers can induce users to steal copyrighted works could be extended to search services that in effect publicize those P2P services. |
Information Today August 5, 2010 George H. Pike |
Digital Copyright Exemptions Benefit Educators, Filmmakers and Smartphone Owners The Librarian of Congress recently approved several new exemptions to the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. |
ONLINE Jan/Feb 2010 Laura Gordon-Murnane |
Creative Commons: Copyright Tools for the 21st Century Copyright laws in the U.S. have been around since 1790, but two 20th-century revisions, coupled with the internet's fostering of a read/write culture, have had a significant impact on the use, reuse, and distribution of digital media and content in this century. |
D-Lib August 2008 Peter B. Hirtle |
Copyright Renewal, Copyright Restoration, and the Difficulty of Determining Copyright Status It is almost impossible to determine with certainty whether a work published from 1923 through 1963 in the US is in the public domain because of copyright restoration of foreign works. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2003 Ron Reed |
Streaming Technology Improves Student Achievement Study shows the use of standards-based video content, powered by a new Internet technology application, increases student achievement. |
D-Lib Mar/Apr 2011 Diekema et al. |
Teaching Use of Digital Primary Sources for K-12 Settings This paper describes learning outcomes of a three-day workshop on integrating primary sources into K-12 teaching. |
Information Today March 16, 2009 |
CCC Adds Academic Licensing Rights to 9 Million Works Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a provider of copyright licensing solutions, has added more than 9 million rights to its licensing services for academic institutions. |
D-Lib February 2000 Lynn Pritcher |
Ad*Access: Seeking Copyright Permissions for a Digital Age A description of the copyright issues faced by an academic institution wishing to place a library of advertisements on the Internet. Includes a description of their efforts to determine copyright holders and obtain permissions. |
Salon.com July 16, 2001 Alan Docherty |
Why can't Johnny respect copyrights? In Britain, elementary-school classrooms prepare to preach reverence for intellectual property -- and to denounce the evils of file-sharing... |
T.H.E. Journal June 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Free At Last By creating a user-generated, ever-growing library of original digital content, an Arizona school district has liberated its teachers from the restraints of a textbook-driven curriculum model. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 16, 2014 Michael Blanding |
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology With 50 million public school students in America, technology holds much potential to transform schools, says John Jong-Hyun Kim. So why isn't it happening? |