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CopyrightPractical Applications
Gail McMillan [email protected]
Director, Digital Library and Archives
University Libraries
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu
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Who owns the copyright? Creators of original works Creators' assignees Employers: works for hire
– New York Times et al., Petitioners, v. Jonathan Tasini et al.
– Greenberg v. National Geographic Magazine Why officially register your copyright?
– Possibly receive greater compensation, with less documentation when filing an infringement suit
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Rights of copyright holders
1. Reproduction 2. Modification 3. Distribution 4. Public performance 5. Public display
Title 17 U.S.C. Sec. 106
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Permission or license to use a copyrighted work is NOT required if
Work is a fact or an idea– Phone number, earth is round
Public domain– US; very, very old
Fair use– http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/
copypol2.htm#test
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Lolly Gassaway: http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
Public DomainDATE OF WORK PROTECTED FROM TERM
Created 1-1-78 or afterWhen work is fixed in tangible medium of expression
Life + 70 years [1] (or if work of corporate authorship, the shorter of 95 years from publication, or 120 years from creation [2]
Published before 1923 In public domain None
Published from 1923 - 63 When published with notice [3]
28 years + could be renewed for 47 years, now extended by 20 years for a total renewal of 67 years. If not so renewed, now in public domain
Published from 1964 - 77 When published with notice28 years for first term; now automatic extension of 67 years for second term
Created before 1-1-78 but not published
1-1-78, the effective date of the 1976 Act which eliminated common law copyright
Life + 70 years or 12-31-2002, whichever is greater
Created before 1-1-78 but published between then and 12-31-2002
1-1-78, the effective date of the 1976 Act which eliminated common law copyright
Life + 70 years or 12-31-2047 whichever is greater
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Fair Use
Before using someone else's work without permission,consider ALL 4 FACTORS 1. Purpose and character of use 2. Nature of the copyrighted work 3. Amount, substantiality 4. Effect
Title 17 U.S.C. Sec. 107
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1. Purpose and character of use Commercial or educational use
© Myth: It's OK--it's for educational purposes. For profit or not Degree of transformation; value added
–© Myth: I modified it; now it's mine.–Pretty Woman: 2 Live Crew (Campbell, aka Skywalker, et al.) v. Roy Orbison Estate (Acuff Rose Music, Inc.), 1993/94
For criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, research
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2. Nature of the copyrighted work
Worthy of (extensive) protection? Character of the work?
– fact (information) or fiction (imaginative)• Published facts weigh in favor of fair use• Unpublished original expressions weigh in favor of seeking
permission
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3. Amount and substantiality© Myth: Copying just a little bit is OK.
Use only what is necessary– Art
Quantity and quality in relation to the whole work– President Gerald Ford's memoirs: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
(Time) v. Nation Enterprises, 1985
http://www.publaw.com/fairuse.html
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4. Effect
Harm to potential market or value of a work after a portion has been used separately from the whole– © Myths
• Attribution is as good as permission. • It's free advertising.
original by Brad Templetonhttp://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
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© Myths
It's on the Web so I can use it without asking.
It doesn't say it's copyrighted!– As of March 1, 1989, the copyright warning does not have to
appear for a work to be legally copyrighted.– © 1997 by [your name] or Copyright by [your name]
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED– “Permission is given to copy this work provided credit is given
and copies are not intended for sale.”
I have to sign away my copyright in order to get published.
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Copyright Resources Copyright Management Center
– Kenneth Crews, IUPUI– http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/dist_learning.htm
Crash Course in Copyright– Georgia Harper, University of Texas at Austin– http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/copypol2.htm#test
TEACH Toolkit– http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/scc/legislative/teachkit/guidelines.html
Stanford University Library– http://fairuse.stanford.edu
Stay Alert to Changing Copyright Legislation – http://www.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/
Library of Congress, Copyright Office– http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
Copyright Myths: original by Brad Templeton– http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html