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Table of ContentsMass digitizationPublic domainOrphan worksMaterials on InternetCopyright protectionImplied vs express licensesFair useTEACH ACT 2002
Mass DigitizationIt is an organization
where they are developing tools to help find information in the public domain.
Cont. on Mass Digitization
This organizations works to get the “reasonable searches for copyright owners of different types of work (Harper, 2007).”
Public Domain Refers to the usage of information on
that is in the internet and anyone can use it.
More information on the public domain, http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter8/
Orphan Works
Not enough information on owner and date of work.
Materials in InternetThe use of materials
on the internet and copyright laws is unclear.
Assumption that its public domain.
Copyright ProtectionAnything that is put onto
the internet or computer has copyright protection automatically.
Implied vs. Expressed Licenses Implied
ExpressedThe author of a work
implies specific usage of the work. For example, limited time frame.
Detailed description of what the author allows the reader to have from their work.
Creative Commons license allows others to use or build onto the authors work.
Fair Use
The term fair use is hard to explain in the advancing world of the internet.
It does “balance authors rights to reasonable compensation with the public’s right to the ideas contained in copyrighted works (Harper, 2007).”
Infringement• What is infringement?
The use of an authors work and duplicating their work without the
consent or permission of the author.
• The law or court can give a $150,000 fine if anyone were to use copyrighted work and would also be penalized if they did not know that they broke the law.
TEACH ACT 2002Law passed in 2002
It gave educators “separate set of rights in addition to fair use, to display and perform others’ work in the classroom (Harper, 2007).”
In addition the educators were now allowed to the same in distance education.
Getting PermissionIt is imperative that everyone get permission if needed from various
sources such as the librarian and/or organizations such as the CCC. Collective rights organizations Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) Foreign collectives Image Archives Music performance Play rights New Archives Movies Contacting the owner Changed owner Confirming authority of grant permission Written permission Difficulty identifying owner Unidentifiable/unresponsive owner
ResourcesHarper, George. (2007) The Copyright Crash Course. In University of Texas
Libraries. Retrieved September 1, 2011, from http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/.
Microsoft Clipart, http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/
Public Domain, (2011). http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter8/
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