A discussion of how institutions can develop workable policies and contracts on faculty broadcast rights, and can clarify some issues of responsibility and reward. (Author/HB)

This 1976 annual report of the Register of Copyrights to the Librarian of Congress outlines activities and developments within the Copyright Office. Descriptions are provided for the areas of: (1) production and services; (2) administration--staff recognition, women's activities, training, flexitime, and reorganization; (3) automation; (4)…

The population for a study conducted to determine how knowledgeable teachers and media specialists are about the new copyright law consisted of 147 teachers and 52 media specialists, who were randomly selected from schools in suburban Atlanta school districts. A questionnaire was designed based on the documents published by the professional…

This paper briefly summarizes the Copyright Act recently passed by the United States Congress as it relates to graphic arts and points out that the law ignores the major problem facing that field: the lack of copyright protection for typography and typeface designs. It then explains the reasoning used for denying protection to typography and…

This circular has been published to satisfy requests by librarians and teachers for information concerning responsibilities, obligations, and limitations under the new copyright law. Pertinent sections of the law, plus minimum standards of educational fair use for books, periodicals, and music, and guidelines on interlibrary loan arrangements for…

The history of copyright law in the United States since 1909 is outlined, with emphasis on educational television's unique position and concerns. The problems which ETV raises are illuminated by an account of the proceedings in the House of Representatives and in the Senate on a 1965 bill dealing with copyright law revision. (LS)

Guidelines for the development of policies and procedures concerning copyrights at colleges and universities are presented. Emphasis is placed on a general statement on institutional policies, scope of the copyright, materials subject to copyright, statement of institutional copyright policy, definition of copyrightable materials, determination of…

It can be expected that Cable Antenna Television (CATV) systems will serve as conduits for tomorrow's information networks. CATV holds promise for fulfilling this need because of its broad-band multi-channel capability. CATV can be thought of as having two basic functions. i.e., retransmitting TV programs, and initiating its own programs and…

The eleventh session of the Intergovernmental Copyright Committee was held from November 3-5, 1971. This document reports on the agenda of that meeting which included the following topics: (1) report from the Conference for Revision of the Universal Copyright Convention (July 5-24, 1971); (2) photocopying of copyright works; (3) problems arising…

Senate Bill 22, the proposed new copyright law, specifies in chapter one the subject matter and scope of copyright. It also defines the terms used in the bill and formulates limitations on the exclusive rights of copyright holders. These limitations include the "fair use" of copyrighted work by reproduction for noncommercial educational use,…

Examines the work done by European intergovernmental organizations on the copyright and neighboring rights problems raised by the cable distribution of television programs. Attention is focused on original transmissions, retransmission of received transmissions, and modes of administering the various rights likely to be involved in the cable…

Legal issues surrounding the collecting of movies are analyzed with the conclusion that neither law nor public policy supports a cause for action against the ultimate consumer of film prints and that it is not in a studio's economic interest to bring such actions against collectors. (JT)

If any one word can be singled out as characterizing the impetus behind much of the work in serials on both the national and international levels for 1975, it is standardization. (Author)

Discusses the social position of the writer versus that of his employer, the protection of his work through copyright, and the possible future of writers. (RK)