Describes the basic elements of the federal copyright law, four tests for fair use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes, the application of fair use to various media, and the development of a copyright management policy. (PKP)

The views of the Ad Hoc Committee of Educational Institutions and Organizations on Copyright Law Revision on the major problems of copyright law revision, particularly in relation to emerging instructional technology, are outlined at length in this paper. Among areas discussed are developments leading to the establishment of the Ad Hoc Committee,…

Limitations imposed by section 110 upon certain performances and displays and by section 118, which grants a compulsory license for use of certain works by public broadcasting "entities," are discussed. For journal availability see HE 509 045. (LBH)

The object of copyright law is protection of an author's work, which constitutes a legal relationship consisting of a set of facts. Ideas, however original, are not protected under the copyright law. The problem arises: What works are to be protected? In this paper works protected are enumerated and explained. (38 references) (Author/NH)

Legislation introduced in Congress last month (the "Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act") would take an aggressive and needed stand against online piracy, a growing problem that hurts American consumers and costs Americans jobs. Critics of the legislation argue that this bill would hurt free speech, encourage censorship in foreign…

Understanding the tenets of copyright in general, and in particular, in online communication and publishing with Web 2.0 tools, has become an important part of literacy in today's Information Age, as well as a cornerstone of free speech and responsible citizenship for the future. Young content creators must be educated about copyright law, their…

In a 2008 survey of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 82 percent of undergraduate respondents said they preferred courses with online lecture content, and 60 percent said they would even be willing to pay for lecture capture services. Colleges and universities that have gone down the lecture capture path have found four essential…

"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") is a bimonthly report from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). This issue includes the following articles: (1) Removing All Restrictions: Cornell's New Policy on Use of Public…

The Digital Rights Management (DRM), a technology that allows copyright owners to regulate and manage their content when it is disseminated in a digital format, has sparked an escalating battle over copyright protection and fair use. The stakes are huge for content producers, consumers, and libraries. DRM is the reason why some patrons cannot…

Like many universities worldwide, the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa has joined the open educational resources (OER) movement, making a selection of teaching and learning materials available through its OER directory, UCT OpenContent. However, persuading and then supporting busy academics to share their teaching materials as OER…

The purpose of this brochure, which was produced as a service to the academic community, is to provide a brief outline of what can and cannot be done legally with software, and to clarify the implications and restrictions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Relevant facts concerning copying software precede the EDUCOM statement of principle on intellectual…

In the United States, copyright owners retain exclusive rights to their creative works. They alone have the legal right to reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, or publicly display their works or to construct derivative works. The recently enacted Digital Millennium Copyright Act has created several complex questions related to distance…

Describes the work of the Conference on Fair Use, a national effort to update copyright guidelines to reflect the new technologies of multimedia materials, distance learning, visual archives, and digital libraries. Reviews concerns of users and producers and requirements for maintaining fair use of materials. Provides guidelines for each area of…