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Pisacreta, Edward A. – Educational Technology, 1993
Examines laws governing intellectual property that affect distance education. Topics addressed include copyright law, particularly the concept of fair use; traditional applications of copyright law in education, including photocopying and the Classroom Guidelines; and distance learning and copyright law, including works transmitted via…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Fair Use (Copyrights), Federal Legislation, Intellectual Property
Peer reviewedBohne, Harald – History and Social Science Teacher, 1990
Addresses the impact of Canadian Copyright Bill C-60 on educators' and researchers' ability to reproduce materials for study. Explains that the Canadian Reprography Collective (CanCopy) was formed to provide easy legal public access to copyrighted material by issuing blanket licenses. Concludes that cooperation between creators, producers, and…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Download full textSalt Lake Community Coll., UT. – 1999
This handbook is designed to provide guidelines for members of the Salt Lake Community College (Utah) community, faculty, administrators, staff, and students to follow in using copyrighted materials legally and appropriately. Perhaps the most often misinterpreted section of the U.S. Copyright Law of 1976 is Section 107: Limitations on Exclusive…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Copyrights, Fair Use (Copyrights), Federal Regulation
Turner, Judith Axler – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
A lawsuit against Kinko's, a nationwide chain of photocopying stores, is expected to be filed soon. The target of the lawsuit is photocopied anthologies used by professors to supplement textbooks or to substitute for them altogether. There is evidence that anthologies have been produced without permission of copyright owners. (MLW)
Descriptors: Anthologies, Copyrights, Court Litigation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedOppenheim, Charles – Journal of Documentation, 2000
Considers the future of copyright in an electronic environment due to the ease with which materials can be copied. Discusses relevant legal cases; reproductive rights organizations; the role of contracts; databases; European Union initiatives; and conflict of laws. Concludes that increased owner-user cooperation is needed if copyright is to…
Descriptors: Conflict, Contracts, Cooperation, Copyrights
Goorian, Brad – 2001
Four subjects are the focus of this discussion of school law: sexual harassment, the copyright act, school discipline, and religion and the schools. In cases of sexual harassment of students by school personnel, a criterion for determining whether a school is liable involves the standard of "actual knowledge" in which school officials…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Court Litigation, Disability Identification, Discipline
