Sherwin Sly, over at Public Knowledge, distills the testimony from last week’s Congressional hearing on copyright reform here. Personal note – it could be devastating for libraries if the library copyright provision is repealed. Libraries rely both on the specific exception (Sect. 108) and the general contours of Fair Use. The specific exception allows some measure of […]
Congressional recording available from the May 16 hearing on the Copyright Principles Project. You may need to move the play button pretty far in to get to it. Here are the details: A Case Study for Consensus Building: The Copyright Principles Project Thursday 5/16/2013 – 2:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet […]
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You probably know that the Register of Copyrights testified before Congress last month that we need a new copyright act. [See The Register’s Call for Updates to U.S. Copyright Law Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet (3/20/13) Related Lecture View Webcast Part 1 | Webcast Part 2] You probably have also noticed the erosion of First Sale as we live […]
Article Topics General Articles Digital Millenium Copyright Act – DMCA @ Digital Rights Management Distance Education and the TEACH Act @ Multimedia Obtaining Permissions Scholarly Communication UCITA @ General Articles Big Myths about copyright explained by Brad Templeton. This is a list of 10 misconceptions of about copyright rights A Bill of Writes column by […]
Commentary, Analysis, & Interviews Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center Commentary, Analysis, & Interviews Case Law News RIAA Jury Finds Woman Liable for Piracy, Awards $222,000 Virgin Records America, Inc v. Thomas Use My Photo? Not Without Permission Photograph of a minor posted on Flickr, under the Creative Commons License, used by Virgin Australia in […]
Copyright Crash Course (U Texas) Copyright Resource Guide (Indiana/Purdue) The Copyright Website from Benedict O’Mahoney Kasunic.com Copyright law and litigation resources from Rob Kasunic. LibraryLaw.com – from Attorney and Librarian Mary Minow A History of Copyright in the U.S. (ARL) ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law ABA Section of Science and Technology American Intellectual Property […]
Ignore Heading – Content Now that you have isolated the information necessary for searching, you can begin examining the records at the Copyright Office and at the Library of Congress. Each of these databases has valuable information about public domain status and copyright ownership: Think of the Copyright Office as the source for copyright records. […]
There are three parts to copyright research. First, you must isolate elements that are necessary to perform your research. For example, you must examine the work for clues such as copyright notice or publication date that will help your research. Second, you must define a method for searching copyright records. You may choose to have […]
When performing copyright research, you may have questions about copyright rules or terminology. For example, you may uncover a registration indicating the work is “made for hire,” or you may find a document indicating that the copyright has been “reclaimed” by the author. Below are some answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about copyright ownership […]
