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Main Author: Smith, Kevin L.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ875239
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contents Copyright Renewal for Libraries: Seven Steps toward a User-Friendly Law Smith, Kevin L. Copyrights Libraries Library Services Librarians Legal Responsibility Compliance (Legal) Access to Information Change Strategies Federal Legislation Intellectual Property Nonprint Media Taxes Moral Values Library Materials Copyright law is a source of a great deal of bewilderment and frustration to academic librarians. Beyond the basics of copyright protection and fair use, most librarians struggle to grasp the complexity of the law and the roadblocks it presents to access and use. This article attempts to elucidate some of those complexities by suggesting seven steps toward copyright reform that would make the law more useful for libraries. These suggestions address such issues as the predictability of the application of copyright law, specific exceptions for libraries, and ways to ensure that more copyrights remain in the hands of authors. (Contains 83 notes.)
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spellingShingle Copyright Renewal for Libraries: Seven Steps toward a User-Friendly Law
Smith, Kevin L.
Copyrights
Libraries
Library Services
Librarians
Legal Responsibility
Compliance (Legal)
Access to Information
Change Strategies
Federal Legislation
Intellectual Property
Nonprint Media
Taxes
Moral Values
Library Materials
Copyright Renewal for Libraries: Seven Steps toward a User-Friendly Law Smith, Kevin L. Copyrights Libraries Library Services Librarians Legal Responsibility Compliance (Legal) Access to Information Change Strategies Federal Legislation Intellectual Property Nonprint Media Taxes Moral Values Library Materials Copyright law is a source of a great deal of bewilderment and frustration to academic librarians. Beyond the basics of copyright protection and fair use, most librarians struggle to grasp the complexity of the law and the roadblocks it presents to access and use. This article attempts to elucidate some of those complexities by suggesting seven steps toward copyright reform that would make the law more useful for libraries. These suggestions address such issues as the predictability of the application of copyright law, specific exceptions for libraries, and ways to ensure that more copyrights remain in the hands of authors. (Contains 83 notes.)
title Copyright Renewal for Libraries: Seven Steps toward a User-Friendly Law
topic Copyrights
Libraries
Library Services
Librarians
Legal Responsibility
Compliance (Legal)
Access to Information
Change Strategies
Federal Legislation
Intellectual Property
Nonprint Media
Taxes
Moral Values
Library Materials
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ875239