Copyright in Cyberspace: Questions and Answers for Librarians (Neal-Schuman Net-Guide Series) - Softcover

Gretchen McCord Hoffmann

9781555704100: Copyright in Cyberspace: Questions and Answers for Librarians (Neal-Schuman Net-Guide Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555704107 ISBN 13: 9781555704100

Publisher: Neal Schuman Pub, 2001

How do I know when I can legally download or copy an image from the Web? If I have the right to copy an image from a print publication, do I also have the right to put it on my Web page?

But I’m a librarian, what can they do to me?

Find the answers to these and many more questions in this helpful, easy to understand guide.

Learn what you should—and need— to know about copyright law, and how it applies to online information and specifically to libraries, including fair use and other pockets of protection, liability for Web content, interlibrary loan and resource sharing, download ing and printing rights, hyperlinks, public display and performance of audio/video Internet.

A look at recent legislation is included, along with a discussion of the increasingly important issue of trademark law and the use of words and symbols as logos, links, and in metatags on Web sites.

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From School Library Journal:

This carefully researched volume provides a complete background on copyright and its implications for the library world. Organized chronologically, it cites the balance sought in American copyright law, its roots in British law, and the relationship between these laws. The remainder of the book is devoted to the intricacies "of what currently is and is not covered by copyright protection and what exactly that protection means." The writing style, although technically accurate, may present more detail than some librarians need in answering their questions. The "bottom line" information for the section on "Fair Use" is most readable and helps explain this complicated issue. The book is divided into: "Essential Background," "Applying Copyright to Cyberspace," "Specific Library Applications," and "Copyright Information Sourcebox." The latter section contains a variety of excerpts from the copyright act of 1976 and the ALA model policy concerning photocopying, and includes information about obtaining permission to use copyrighted material, fulfilling your responsibility as an information professional, and an extensive list of resources available from various organizations. As librarians assist patrons and staff to move through our litigious world, this volume will be indispensable for school districts and public libraries.

Mary Lankford, Texas Education Agency, Austin

From Booklist:

Hoffman, a librarian and practicing attorney, wrote the first edition of what became an instant must-read while still in law school. New to the second edition are discussions of "the dark side of the DMCA" (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), file sharing, and writing a copyright policy as well as an expanded licensing section. The volume is divided into four parts. Part 1 considers fundamentals such as the history and purpose of the copyright, and recent legislation. Part 2 examines the application of copyright law in cyberspace. Part 3 focuses on specific library applications, for example, liability for content provided on the Internet, distance education, licensing, and writing a copyright policy. In keeping with Hoffman's activist, get-involved approach, she includes a section on librarians as representatives of library users. Part 4, the "Sourcebox," provides a wide variety of supporting documents and a glossary. Hoffman's book complements Carrie Russell's Complete Copyright (ALA, 2004), Rebecca Butler's Copyright for Teachers and Librarians (Neal-Schuman, 2004), and Carol Simpson's Copyright for Schools (Linworth, 2000). Esther Sinofsky
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