2. Public Domain & Orphan Works
Old copyright laws
Long protection
Mass digitalization (Harper, 2007)
Overprotection
3. Public Domain & Orphan Works
New and better tools to identify materials in the
public domain (Harper, 2007)
Google Book Search Library
UT Libraries Public Domain Project
Orphan Works (Harper, 2007)
When does it become part of the public domain?
4. Get involved
Open Content Alliance (website)
Open Library (website)
Resource Shelf logs of mass digitalization
projects (website)
Georgia K. Harper. (2007). Copyright Crash Course. Retrieved from
http://mesacc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=38266&sid=281078
5. Materials from the Internet
Copyright law applies to the Internet (Harper, 2007)
Internet ≠ Public domain
Automatic copyright protection
Implied and express licenses (Harper, 2007)
Vague boundaries (Harper, 2007)
Creative Commons
6. Materials from the Internet
Liability
RIAA lawsuits
Individuals
Organizations
7. Materials from the Internet
Fair use
Analog
Digital
Georgia K. Harper. (2007). Copyright Crash Course. Retrieved from
http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/useofweb.html
8. The Teach Act
Section 110(1) of the Copyright Act (Harper, 2007)
Educators (in the classroom)
Fair use
Display
Perform
Distance Learning (Teach Act)
Shown as clips
Limits and conditions - Section 110(2)
9. The Teach Act
Section 110(2) – Expanded rights (Harper, 2007)
Non dramatic literal or music
Limited segments
Still images
Only applies to accredited nonprofit
educational institutions (Harper, 2007)
Not educational textbooks
Georgia K. Harper. (2007). Copyright Crash Course. Retrieved from
http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact.html
10. Fair Use
Check licenses
Unprotected works
Public domain
US government works
Library Licensed
Creative Commons
Four factor fair use test (Harper, 2007)
Character of the use
Nature of the work
How much of the work
Effect on the market for original works
Georgia K. Harper. (2007). Copyright Crash Course. Retrieved from
http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/copypol2.html
11. Getting Permission
Collective Rights Organizations (Harper, 2007)
Copyright Clearing Center (CCC)
International collective rights (Lesley Ellen Harris in Harper,
2007)
Copyright Licensing Agency (UK)
Freelance writers
Contacting the Owner
In writting
Georgia K. Harper. (2007). Copyright Crash Course. Retrieved from
http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/permissn.html