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Alexander, Suann; Baird, Diane – 2003
This paper presents an overview of copyright issues for research and teaching. The first section provides historical background from the origin of the concept of copyright in 1557 in Britain to the present. The second section looks at fair use, including parameters and guidelines for reproduction. The following sections discusses the Berne…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Fair Use (Copyrights), Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
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Walker, Keith D. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1996
This contextual exposition of the Canadian Copyright Act (1988) offers background on the Act's development and content, and describes what it says about infringements of copyright and how the Act might be applied in school contexts. Several ethical constraints and rationalizations with respect to copyright infringement are explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Fair Use (Copyrights)
Salt 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
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 1995
The documentary materials collected in this booklet deal with reproduction of copyrighted works by educators, librarians, and archivists for a variety of uses, including reproduction for teaching in educational institutions at all levels and reproduction by libraries and archives for purposes of study, research, interlibrary exchanges, and…
Descriptors: Archives, Copyrights, Fair Use (Copyrights), Federal Legislation
Watkins, Beverly T. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
A federal court ruled that Kinko's Graphics Corporation, a national chain of photocopying stores, infringed on publishers' copyrights by reproducing excerpts from books and selling them in anthologies for college students. The firm was judged to be engaged in the publishing business and thus not covered under the law's provision of fair use for…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Court Litigation, Fair Use (Copyrights), Federal Regulation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 1992
The House Committee on the Judiciary reports favorably on a proposed amendment to a bill (H.R. 4412) to amend Title 17 of the U.S. Code relating to fair use of copyrighted works. The committee recommends passage of the bill to the effect that Section 107 of Title 17 be amended by adding at the end the following: "The fact that a work is…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Court Litigation, Diaries, Fair Use (Copyrights)
Kamp, Sue – Technology Connection, 1998
Discusses the Copyright Act, four factors that courts must consider in determining permission by the "fair use" doctrine, and the educational exemption for using copyrighted software. Suggests that the best strategy in determining fair use is to contact the publisher, as well as requesting guidelines from the United States Copyright Office. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Copyrights, Downloading
Permuth, Steve; Mawdsley, Ralph – A Legal Memorandum, 1991
The school principal has an affirmative duty to be informed and to fully inform those under his or her supervision regarding the use of copyright. The present Copyright Law of 1978 and its key guidelines are reviewed in this paper, with a focus on the copyright law as it applies to computer software programs, videotaping, and photocopy.…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Compliance (Legal), Computer Software, Copyrights
Baumgarten, Jon A. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1983
Discusses the impact on copyright owners of technological innovation (cable, subscription and direct broadcast television; photocopying and microform reproduction; computer input, manipulation, retrieval, transmission; and improved means of audio and video recording) and enumerates a number of steps that must be taken if copyright is to survive.…
Descriptors: Automation, Copyrights, Electronic Equipment, Federal Regulation
Marshall, Nancy – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1983
This article, written before report to Congress by Register of Copyrights was issued, examines whether balancing of rights of creators and needs of users has been accomplished by Copyright Revision Act of 1976, and reviews key issues in dispute between librarians and publishers over use of copyrighted materials in libraries. (EJS)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Libraries
Bruwelheide, Janis H. – 1995
This guide provides a concise overview of current copyright law and its interpretations, particularly for classroom educators, librarians, school media specialists, and their constituents. Building on the question-and-answer format introduced in the first edition, the second edition adds commentary on critical developments of the last eight years,…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Fair Use (Copyrights)
Jensen, Mary Brandt – Computers in Libraries, 1993
Discusses the copyright implications of the practice in some academic libraries of converting reserve materials to electronic format to make more copies available to patrons. Issues considered include fair use, public display, remote availability, character of use, and substantiality of copying. (seven references/notes) (EA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing
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Tsai, Shaopan – Special Libraries, 1985
Reviews selected proposals for revision of Canadian Copyright Act which relate to copyright exemptions, fair use, reprography, copyright societies, materials for the disabled, computerized information systems, collective works, public renting rights, paternity right, and right to authorize. Modifications in the interest of libraries are suggested.…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Foreign Countries
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Horowitz, Irving Louis; Curtis, Mary E. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Examines ramifications of legislative recognition of concept of fair use in Copyright Act of 1976 and argues that elimination of fair use doctrine, coupled with increase in technological approaches to reporting of secondary use of copyrighted material, will benefit authors, publishers, and librarians alike. Fifteen references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Authors, Copyrights, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
Botterbusch, Hope Roland – 1996
With the many changes in technology since the Copyright Act was passed, following that law has become increasingly complex. Educators need to understand the law, and how to apply it in various situations. This fastback addresses some of the key issues of copyright law with particular attention to new technologies. After a brief history of the…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Change, Communications Satellites, Compliance (Legal)
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