Universities have long been involved in knowledge transfer activities. Yet the last 30 years have seen major changes in the governance of university-industry interactions. Knowledge transfer has become a strategic issue: as a source of funding for university research and (rightly or wrongly) as a policy tool for economic development. Universities…

Intended to aid members of the academic community who produce written material (this includes instructors and students) in conforming to the requirements of U.S. copyright law, this easy-to-understand guide presents a current overview of relevant sections of the Copyright Act. The guide is in question and answer format and discusses: the…

Discusses issues in Australian libraries related to copyright in the digital environment. Examines what constitutes a digital copy; exceptions/limitations; the extent of liability of those who communicate/transmit digital copyright-protected works; how uses of material can be monitored/controlled; and the process of copyright reform in Australia…

Review of state and federal laws on copyright, trademarks, and patents reveals that "fair use" allows great latitude in the use of website material for teaching and research. Educational institutions should establish policies for Internet use by faculty, staff, and students to ensure that they are in compliance. (SK)

Discusses copyright considerations in multimedia development, and provides a checklist for teachers and students based on the United States House of Representative's "Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia" (1996) and the Association for Computing Machinery's "Interim Copyright Policies." Describes three copyright use…

Explains the new agreement on Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia, which provides concrete limits on the types and amounts of material that may be included in multimedia works created by teachers and students. The four tests of fair use that apply to all copyrighted materials in schools are also discussed. (Author/LRW)

Describes the ways in which technology is changing the Doctrine of Fair Use. Desktop publishing and Internet and Web-based teaching are expected to erode traditional applications of Fair Use for educational purposes. Makes the case that instructors and researchers should assume that there is no Fair Use on the Internet. (SLD)

Argues that 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, providing increased protection against unauthorized access to copyrighted electronic media, and the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, extending the term of most copyrighted books, unduly burden users of electronic media and books. Discusses the negative impact of recent federal laws to…

Reviews developments in the Texaco v. American Geophysical Union copyright case that involves photocopying scientific journal articles for researchers. Highlights include the Copyright Clearance Center role; fair use; purpose of the use, i.e., commercial or nonprofit; the nature of the copyrighted work; amount copied; and effect on the potential…

Discusses copyright law and its effect on libraries' ability to provide equal and timely access to information. Highlights include fair use, publishers' revenue-based approach to copyright, copying guidelines for librarians, copyright use fees and the cost of access, and a hypothetical index of copyright access fees for journal articles. Contains…

The pace and the magnitude of the changes taking place in our society today are threatening to skew the balance between copyright holders and information users. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act has the potential to undermine the public right to access information and to share information with others. (JM)

Whereas using copyright-protected materials in a self-contained classroom may be within fair use, posting the same materials on a Web page with potential worldwide distribution or using them in distance learning exceeds the fair-use guidelines. This article discusses different classes of public-domain materials: U.S. Government documents; old…

Discussed in detail in this article is a new agreement that is a pioneering effort by Sweden to deal with copyright and a teacher's use of educational materials. (JH)

"Government Finances, Volume 4", contains six parts that encompass the entire range of state and local government financial activity in fiscal year 2001-02. They are: (1)Finances of Public School Systems; (2) Finances of Special Districts; (3) Finances of County Governments; (4) Finances of Municipal and Township Governments; (5) Compendium of…