mary minow j.d., a.m.l.s. new copyright tools and best practices: copyright law update 2010 an...
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Mary Minow J.D., A.M.L.S.
New Copyright Tools and Best Practices: Copyright Law Update 2010
An webinar
January 14, 2010
Legal Disclaimer
• Legal information
•Not legal advice!
AgendaNew Copyright Tools and Best Practices
1. Tools2. Best practices 3. Copyright Agent (that’s you!) 4. Legislation and cases
– Google Books, e-reserves
5. Emerging issues
Copyright Tools and Charts
Public Domain
Fair U
Get Permission Permission
If no
Specific Exceptions
If no
If no
OK to Use?
fairuse.stanford.edu/charts_tools/
Is it still in copyright? New tools to figure it out
copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
Is it in the public domain?
Public Domain
librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/
American Library Association
Public Domain
collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/search/advanced
Was copyright renewed?
Stanford University
Public Domain
www.vraweb.org/resources/ipr/dirc/page_1.html
Digital Image Rights Computator
Considers licenses and copyright
Visual Resources Association
www.librarycopyright.net/108spinner/
American Library Association
Specific Exceptions
librarycopyright.net/fairuse
American Library Association
Fair Use
www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/copyright/
Baruch College Copyright Metro
Specific Exceptions
www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/fair_use_in_online_video/
Center for Social Media American University
Comment, criticism
Illustration
Incidental
Preserve
Discussion
New relationships
Fair Use
Best Practices – Online Video
[See Code for detail]
www.centerforsocialmedia.org/files/pdf/Media_literacy.pdf
Fair Use
Prepare curriculum
Informal sharing
Student use
Limited audiences
[See Code for detail]
Center for Social Media American University
Best Practices – Media Literacy
www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/fair_use/
Incidental use
Critique
Illustration
Demonstration
Center for Social Media American University
[See Code for detail]
www.archivists.org/standards/OWBP-V4.pdf
Orphan works
… reasonable steps to locate owners
Society of American Archivists
Copyright AgentDesignate agent to receive copyright
complaints
File simple form with Copyright Office
Put agent contact info on your site
… Limits your copyright liability for user content
$105 one time fee
'Chinese New Year 4704 (2007)' by FaceMePLS (via Flickr). CC BY license.
Form - www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agent.pdf
Info and directory of agents www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/
Sample website language:
Peninsula Library System
www.plsinfo.org/features/
copyright.htm
Update: Cases and Legislation
10 million books scanned
2 million public domain (full text)
2 million publisher consent (some text)
6 million in proposed settlement (snippets now / 20 % proposed)
See thepublicindex.org
Google Book Search
Google Book Search - Update
Dec 2009 Google loses French copyright court case
2010 Jan Canadian Writers object
Jan 6 More U.S. writers groups object
Jan 9 apology; stopped scanning Chinese books
Jan 28 deadline to opt out
Feb 18 amended settlement hearing
National Writers Union, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Science Fiction an Fantasy Writers of America
wo.ala.org/gbs/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/A-Guide-for-the-Perplexed-Part-III-FINAL.pdf
Readers’ privacy
epic.org/privacy/googlebooks/default.html
Reader privacy
Library Issues
E-Reserve LawsuitGeorgia State University
news.justia.com/cases/featured/georgia/gandce/1:2008cv01425/150651/
pending
Watch closely
Publishers on E-Reserves
www.publishers.org/main/Copyright/CopyKey/copyKey_01_02.htm
Coursepack LawsuitAnn Arbor MI
news.justia.com/cases/featured/michigan/miedce/2:2007cv12731/222190/
blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2009/09/the-other-course-pack-case.html
Blackwell Publishing v. Excel (Oct. 14, 2009)
Students copying at copy shop
NOT FAIR USE
Catcher in the Rye 60 Years Later
Unauthorized sequel [Holden Caulfield], 76, escapes retirement home
Court blocked publication in U.S.
Aug 2009 Library groups claim Fair Use
www.law.stanford.edu/publications/details/4316/
On appealSalinger v. Colting, ___ F. Supp. 2d ___, 2009 WL 1916354,
No. 09 Civ. 5095 (S.D.N.Y. July 1, 2009)(currently on appeal, Second Circuit)
H.R.801 - Fair Copyright in Research Works Act
Would reverse National Institutes of Health Policy
by prohibiting federal agencies from requiring federally funded works to have public access
Pro: American Assn of Publishers
www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-801
www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj08/ppt/graphics/ms/image004.gif
Con: Special Libraries Assn
Library Legislation: Section 108 Study Group Report (March 31, 2008)
•Add museums. Require libraries to have public service mission, trained staff, collection of lawfully acquired materials.
•Allow some outsourcing.
•Replacements and Preservation. Limited copies “as reasonably necessary." If license available, don’t copy.
•Web content preservation – libraries to capture publicly disseminated online content – If no harm to commercial exploitation – opt-out for rights holders (Library of Congress exempt)
•Libraries not liable for users’ scanners etc. Post sign.
•Digital ILL –no agreement
www.section108.gov/
Library Copyright Alliance calls for multilateral treaty to resolve issues of accessibility for the blind and visually impaired.
International Treaties
www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/submissions/international/issuebriefs.shtml
www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/
Emerging Issues
www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/copyright/
Publisher Viewpoint
www.publishers.org
Staying Current
fairuse.stanford.edu