Research Catalog

Title

Copyright essentials for librarians and educators / Kenneth D. Crews ; with contributions from Dwayne K. Buttler ... [et al.].

Author

Crews, Kenneth D.

Publication

Chicago ; London : American Library Association, 2000.

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Holdings

Details

Description

v, 143 p.; 28 cm.

Subject

• Faculty
• Librarians > legislation & jurisprudence
• Copyright > legislation & jurisprudence
• Librarians
• Faculty
• Copyright > legislation & jurisprudence
• Copyright > United States
• Librarians > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Teachers > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• United States

Genre/Form

• Handbook
• Handbooks and manuals
• Handbooks and manuals.

Note

• "A project of the Copyright Management Center; Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-140).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Introduction: Background and acknowledgements -- Why is copyright important to you? Scope of copyright: What works are protected by copyright? -- Eligibility for copyright: what is an "original work of authorship"? -- Eligibility for copyright: What is "fixed in a tangible medium of expression"? -- What works are not protected by copyright? -- More works that cannot be copyrighted: U.S. government works -- Formalities and duration: Formalities of copyright: copyright notice and registration -- More about the formalities of copyright -- How long do copyrights last? duration question -- How long do copyrights last? Unpublished works -- Owners and rights: Who owns the copyright? General rule and some exceptions -- Who owns the copyright? Joint copyright ownership -- Who owns the copyright? Exceptions, assignment, and institutional policies -- Expanding rights of copyright owners -- Rights of the copyright owner: reproduction and distribution --^
• Rights of the copyright owner: Derivative works -- Rights of the copyright owner: Public performance and display -- Exceptions to the rights of owners -- Fair use: Fair use: What exactly is it? -- Learning about fair use: Start with the statute -- First two factors of fair use: Purpose of the use and nature of the copyright work -- Factors of fair use: Amount of work used and effect on the market -- Fair use in courts: Quoting from copyrighted works -- Fair use in courts: Photocopying for education -- Fair use in the courts: More about photocopying and reproduction for education --Fair use and unpublished works -- Experimenting with fair use: Moving from print to the Internet -- Making sense of fair use: What about fair-use "guidelines"? -- Making sense of fair use: Fair use guidelines and one university's response -- Special exceptions: Displays and performances in distance learning -- Library copying: Statutory provision of its own --^
• Library copying: Copies to keep and copies to preserve -- Library copying: Copy machines in the library -- Looking ahead: Copyright and new technologies: Computer software -- Copyright and new technologies: World wide web -- Requesting permission from the copyright owner -- Liability for copyright infringement -- What is at stake in an infringement action? -- Acting in good faith -- Selected provisions from the U.S. copyright act -- Summary of the digital millennium copyright act -- Summary of the U.S. copyright office report on distance education -- Copyright notices for supervised library copying: Updated information for library services -- Checklist for fair use -- Supplemental reading list 1998-2000.

ISBN

0838907970 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00059421^

OCLC

• 1107418322
• SCSB-14233830

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library