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Peters, Michael A.; Jandric, Petar; Irwin, Ruth; Locke, Kirsten; Devine, Nesta; Heraud, Richard; Gibbons, Andrew; Besley, Tina; White, Jayne; Forster, Daniella; Jackson, Liz; Grierson, Elizabeth; Mika, Carl; Stewart, Georgina; Tesar, Marek; Brighouse, Susanne; Arndt, Sonja; Lazaroiu, George; Mihaila, Ramona; Legg, Catherine; Benade, Leon – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2016
This article is concerned with developing a philosophical approach to a number of significant changes to academic publishing, and specifically the global journal knowledge system wrought by a range of new digital technologies that herald the third age of the journal as an electronic, interactive and mixed-media form of scientific communication.…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Organizations (Groups), Writing Processes, Collaborative Writing
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Elias, A. W. – Information Services and Use, 1989
Presents a historical overview of the concept of copyrights as background for a detailed analysis of the licensing elements used for the protection of databases. The ramifications for the introduction of gateway systems without appropriate controls are discussed. (One reference) (CLB)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Databases, Gateway Systems, Information Technology
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 2001
As required under section 104 of Public Law No. 105-304, this Report evaluates the effects of title I of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 and the development of electronic commerce and associated technology on the operation of sections 109 and 117 of title 17, U.S.C. It also evaluates the relationship between existing and…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Federal Legislation, Information Policy
Emery, David – 2000
This paper discusses copyright issues, focusing on changes due to digital technology. Highlights include: problems for copyright posed by digital technologies, i.e., the identification of copyright works and owners, and the enforcement of copyright rights; electronic monitoring of copyright uses to provide rights owners with data on usage; the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Information Technology
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 2002
The Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, Committee on the Judiciary met, pursuant to call, at 2:15 p.m., in Room 2141, Rayburn House Office Building, to review the consumer benefits of today's digital rights management (DRM) solutions. The Honorable Howard Coble, a Representative in Congress from North Carolina and…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Fair Use (Copyrights), Information Policy, Information Technology
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Brinson, J. Dianne; Radcliffe, Mark F. – Community College Journal, 1995
Discusses legal issues involved in developing and distributing multimedia publications. Examines libel; rights of publicity; and such elements of copyright law as copyright protections and infringements, fair use and public domain policies, and use of ideas and factual materials. Uses a hypothetical multimedia project to illustrate the legal rules…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Fair Use (Copyrights), Federal Legislation
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Bodi, Sonia – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Discusses the ethical challenges of information technology, particularly electronic indexes and the Internet; considers principles to guide students; and discusses possible librarian responses. Topics include Kant's categorical imperative, ownership, right to privacy, social responsibility, self-respect, plagiarism and copyrights, and three…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Copyrights, Ethics, Information Technology
Okerson, Ann – 1997
Instead of relying on national copyright law, surrounding case law, international treaties, and prevailing practice to govern information transactions for electronic information, copyright holders have turned to contracts (or licenses as they are more commonly called in the library world) as the mechanism for defining the owner, user, and uses of…
Descriptors: Consortia, Copyrights, Fair Use (Copyrights), Information Technology
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Fisher, Francis Dummer – Change, 1989
The legal system of copyright may have worked in the era of print, but with electronic technology, society needs less encumbered and cheaper access to expressed ideas. Economic success will go to those nations that best succeed in promoting creativity without inhibiting the incorporation of expressed ideas into other products. (MLW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Creativity, Databases
Young, Bob – 2002
A series of changes in intellectual property law over the last 30 years has made it more difficult for researchers, scientists, authors, and artists to cooperate and collaborate on critically important projects. At the same time, the advance of communications technologies, specifically the Internet, promises to foster an explosion in creativity,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Information Dissemination
Russell, Carrie – 2001
This digest focuses on the continuing ambiguities libraries and their users face in dealing with copyright in the digital environment. In the networked digital world, the basic principles of copyright are more difficult to apply. Digital copies are easy to create, modify, and manipulate, they are extremely easy to distribute widely over networks,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Fair Use (Copyrights), Futures (of Society)
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Fernandez-Molina, J. Carlos; Peis, Eduardo – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
This article briefly explains the content and characteristics of moral rights, and assesses the most important aspects of legislation in this area. The basic problems of the digital environment with respect to moral rights are discussed, and some suggestions are made for the international harmonization of rules controlling these rights. (Contains…
Descriptors: Authors, Copyrights, Fair Use (Copyrights), Freedom of Information
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Honey, Sadie L. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
Scholars publish in journals to preserve their work and to make sure that it is available for current and future researchers. More and more of this publishing is done in electronic format. Libraries, the institutions that have traditionally overseen the preservation of print publications, are now struggling with the preservation of digital…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Electronic Libraries, Preservation, Economic Factors
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Gilbert, Steven W.; Lyman, Peter – Change, 1989
Nearly every academic practice is being transformed by information technology. The concept of "piracy," or "theft," presumes that ideas can still be treated as if they are property, and if so, that the rules controlling the movement of idea-properties can be enforced. (MLW)
Descriptors: Authors, Computer Software, Copyrights, Creativity
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Chen, Shun-Ling – Policy Futures in Education, 2006
Copyright law, together with the market logic it carries, penetrates deeply into our daily life. The copyright regime is so restrictive that it turns a normal learning process into a series of potential copyright violations. The Free Software Movement (FSM) represents a substantial community effort to counter this trend. It seeks to supersede the…
Descriptors: Freedom, Creative Activities, Copyrights, Community Action
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