copyright basics for library staff
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This was presented to a class of future library technicians in the Greater San Diego area in September 2009.21st century copyright liabilities for libraries are in flux, so I presented copyright basics and some of the issues and current solutions to each dilemma.TRANSCRIPT
by Sabrina Nespeca for LT 100 Fall 2009
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THE BASICS
Copyright and Libraries
United States Copyright
[Clause 8, 1] To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
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What does copyright protect?
©
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Not protected: Free to share
Ideas Facts Data
Logos Federal
Taglines
Public Domai
n
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What are copyrights for the owner?
Copyright holder
Distribute Perform Display Derivative
Work
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Who is the owner?
Author(s)Author’s EmployerOther
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Ask for permission
Books and journal articlesForeignNewspaperImagesFreelance writer (author retains ©)Music performanceMusic recordingOnline musical performancePlay rightsMovie
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LIBRARIES’ LOOPHOLES
Unprotected Exceptions
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Exception: Public Domain
When does copyright start and end?Copyright protection by date
http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/
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Fair Use
Purpose
Nature
Amount
Effect
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Etool for Fair Use
Learn More about Fair UseFair Use Evaluator
http://librarycopyright.net/fairuse/ © Michael Brewer & ALA Office for Information
Technology Policy
Is using this Etool “fair use”? My Results of Fair Use Evaluator
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20th century library rights: fair and balanced
Copyright Holder
• Make and distribute copies
• Publish• Display
publicly• Perform
publicly• Make
derivatives
Buyer of work
• Sell• Lend• Copy (fair
use)• Donate• Display in
live classes
Library
• Archive• Copies for
patrons• Use for
ILL
New Millenium
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Publisher
Library
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I found it on the Internet!
No one cares what I do with it, right?Exceptions
Public Domain Custom licenses (CC) Fair Use
Small portions of multimedia No agreement on images
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Distance Education
TEACH Act (Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization) 2002 Films in the Classroom:
Exceptions for Instructors (etool) Created by the ALA
For more complex scenarios, try The TEACH Toolkit, maintained by Peggy E. Hoon
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dspc/legislative/teachkit/
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Digitizing Analog Images
I’ll just scan this…
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New Stuff from Old stuff
Comment and criticism•Links OK•Citation
Multimedia•Class use•For profit
Derivative works•Ask permission
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Electronic Reserves
Like “Reserve Book Room”Need permission
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Copying
Digital archiving and for replacementPatron requests
Research Course reserves
Interlibrary Loan http://www.nmrls.org/ill/illcode.shtml
Document Delivery New technology transforms ILL to Doc Delivery. No
consensus on fair practice. Moving to Database Licenses
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Licensing: emerging trend
Old: Just sign it and send it back!
Ugly consequences
New: Fully negotiable
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Solution
Fair use questionPublic DomainDigital copyingFuture of libraries
Analyze and defendBy DateInterim: licensingOutsourced?
Current best practices
Problem
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THANK YOU!
FIN