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The author of the "Copyright Questions of the Month" column for "Library Media Connection" answers 177 questions about copyright rules as they apply to print, online, multimedia, video, audio, and broadcast materials in for-profit and fair-use situations.

In this work, the author argues that current copyright law is not effective in the digital age and must be revised to encourage creation of new works, increase learning, and enhance access to information. The arrival of the Internet was revolutionary, and one of the most tumultuous developments that flowed from it, the upending of the relatively settled world of copyright law, has forced us to completely rethink how rights to a work are allocated...

What is copyright and how does it work? How do laws govern the use and copying of material, written, spoken, danced, played, sung, filmed, electronically transmitted, taped, or published. What is the difference between copyright, patent, and other types of intellectual property law?

Copyright expert, attorney, and Texas Library Association President-Elect Gretchen McCord Hoffmann, author of Copyright in Cyberspace (2001) addresses the challenges of providing information in an increasingly digital-and litigious-world. From fair use to infringement, this practical handbook features the need-to-know guidelines for professionals in all areas of librarianship including technical services, interlibrary loan, reserves, Web design, instruction,...

Features Akiko, a curvaceous, muscular filmmaker planning to shoot a documentary about a day in the life of New York City. She brandishes a laser gun as she fends off a cyclopean "rights monster"--All the while learning copyright law basics

"Intellectual property law in the United States does not work well and it needs to be reformed--but not for the reasons given by most critics. The issue is not that intellectual property rights are too easily obtained, too broad in scope, and too long in duration. Rather, the primary problem is overreaching by publishers, producers, artists, and others who abuse intellectual property law by claiming stronger rights than the law actually gives them....

"In 2003, U.S. copyright law was amended with the legislation now known as TEACH (Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization). Lipinski discusses these changes to copyright law and how they will ultimately affect traditional distance classrooms. Copyright Law and the Distance Education Classroom provides a step-by-step explanation of the law and how it impacts these pedagogical issues. Also discussed are instructor ownership issues, a general...