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Lide, Casey – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1999
Discusses provisions of interest to college administrators and faculty in the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, focusing on two sections: limitations on infringement liability for "service providers," and prohibitions on circumvention of technological-protection measures. Definitions and legal implications are examined, and actions…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Copyrights, Definitions
Download full textCAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1991
Six papers from the 1990 CAUSE conference's Track VI, Managing Academic Information Systems are presented. Papers discuss issues related to the integration of merging technologies - computing, communications, classrooms - and their effects on the way "academic business" is conducted. Papers and their authors are as follows:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classroom Environment, College Administration, Computer Networks
Avallone, Susan – Library Journal, 1987
Briefly summarizes topics discussed within the theme of global information access at the annual conference of the Special Libraries Association, including information policy in foreign countries, copyright laws, the impact of library automation on access to information, and findings of a task force on the value of the information professional.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Peer reviewedPrice, Joseph R. – Journal of College and University Law, 1996
Examines the status of current copyright law and the efforts of Congress and the courts to define how that law will be applied and modified to encompass the Internet as the latest reproduction-distribution-display technology. Analyzes case law addressing server liability in the Internet context to predict potential liability for higher education…
Descriptors: College Role, Compliance (Legal), Copyrights, Court Litigation
Hersey, Karen – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1995
While college libraries embrace new technologies to provide access to a broader range of information, they must also cope with high costs, both financial and legal. In the print medium, access and distribution are governed by copyright laws; in the electronic media, they are dependent on the technology available to the library and on terms of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Administration, College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs
Burk, Dan L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1997
Discusses the allocation of copyright ownership of electronic course materials between faculty member and the sponsoring institution. Reviews relevant copyright basics, the work-made-for-hire doctrine, and options for contractual allocations of copyrights. Outlines a series of criteria that should be considered in formulating an institution's…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Uses in Education, Contracts, Copyrights
