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| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| History and Purpose | p. 3 |
| When Did Copyright Begin? | p. 4 |
| How Does That British History Relate to American Copyright Law? | p. 6 |
| When Did Modern Copyright Law Actually Begin? | p. 7 |
| What Is Our Current Source of Copyright Law? | p. 8 |
| What Significant Statutory Changes Have Occurred Since 1976? | p. 11 |
| Overview | p. 15 |
| What Can Be Copyrighted? | p. 15 |
| How Do I Get Copyright Protection? | p. 18 |
| What Rights Do I Get by Copyrighting My Work? | p. 19 |
| Are There Limitations and Exceptions to These Rights? | p. 20 |
| How Do I Avoid Getting in Trouble? | p. 21 |
| What Happens to Me or My Library If We are Found Guilty of Infringement? | p. 22 |
| Fair Use and Statutory Exceptions for Libraries | p. 25 |
| What Is the Fair Use Doctrine? | p. 25 |
| How Are Fair Use Judgments Made? | p. 27 |
| What Is the Case-By-Case Analysis Based On? | p. 27 |
| What Other Statutory Protections Are Available for Librarians? | p. 34 |
| What Is the Bottom Line? | p. 39 |
| Internet Basics | p. 41 |
| How Does Information Travel over the Internet? | p. 41 |
| What Is the Significance of Copyright in This Process? | p. 44 |
| What About Specific Web Functions? | p. 47 |
| Recent Legislation | p. 49 |
| How Does the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act Change Copyright Duration? | p. 50 |
| What Exactly Does the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Do? | p. 52 |
| Anticircumvention Rules and Copyright Management Information | p. 54 |
| What Is the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act? | p. 54 |
| Hyperlinking and Framing | p. 59 |
| How Does Hyperlinking Work? | p. 59 |
| How Do Inline Linking and Framing Work? | p. 65 |
| What Should I Do About Using Deep Links and Frames? | p. 67 |
| Can These Activities Really Infringe Copyright? | p. 67 |
| Browsing | p. 71 |
| How Is the Reproduction Right Implicated by Browsing? | p. 72 |
| How Is the Derivative Works Right Implicated by Browsing? | p. 78 |
| How Are the Public Display and Performance Rights Implicated by Browsing? | p. 81 |
| Isn't There Some Kind of Protection for Browsers? | p. 82 |
| What Does This Mean for Our Libraries? | p. 84 |
| Using Digital Images | p. 87 |
| How Do I Know When I Can Legally Download or Copy an Image from the Web? | p. 87 |
| When I Legally Download an Image, Am I Limited in What I Can Do with It? | p. 89 |
| Does the Right to Copy an Image from a Web Page Include the Right to Put It on My Web Page? | p. 92 |
| Does the Right to Copy and Place an Image on My Web Page Include Other Rights? | p. 93 |
| What Uses Can I Make of Information I Find on the Web? | p. 94 |
| Can I Place Images of Works in My Collection on My Web Pages? | p. 94 |
| The Bottom Line | p. 95 |
| Understanding Noncopyright Issues | p. 97 |
| How Does Trademark Law Compare to Copyright Law? | p. 97 |
| What Does This Mean for a Librarian Creating Web Pages? | p. 99 |
| Realizing Legal Liabilities | p. 105 |
| I'm the Good Guy: What Can They Do to Me? | p. 105 |
| What Kind of Damages Could a Court Assess to Me or My Library? | p. 106 |
| Are There Exceptions for the "Good Guys"? | p. 107 |
| How Likely Is It That a Library Would Be Sued for Infringement? | p. 108 |
| Liability and Libraries as Content and Internet Access Providers | p. 113 |
| Why Is It Important to Understand the Various Types of Infringement? | p. 113 |
| Can My Institution Be Liable for Someone Else's Actions on Our Computers? | p. 113 |
| How Do Different Types of Infringement Apply to Library Activities? | p. 114 |
| What Are the Liability Implications for Libraries as Internet Access Providers? | p. 115 |
| What Do I Have to Do to Be Covered by the Entire Section 512? | p. 118 |
| Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing | p. 121 |
| What Does the Copyright Act Say About Interlibrary Loan? | p. 121 |
| CONTU Guidelines | p. 123 |
| How Does This Apply to the Internet? | p. 123 |
| What Is the Bottom Line About Using the Internet for Interlibrary Loan Activities? | p. 125 |
| Electronic Reserve Systems and Class-Based Web Pages | p. 127 |
| How Does Fair Use Apply to Reserves and Classroom Copying? | p. 128 |
| What Are the Limitations on the Performance and Display Rights? | p. 130 |
| Are There Any Guidelines to Help Us Determine What Is Allowed? | p. 130 |
| ALA Model Policy Concerning College and University Photocopying for Classroom, Research and Library Reserve Use | p. 133 |
| When All Else Fails, Read the Directions | p. 135 |
| Library Instruction and Distance Education | p. 137 |
| Are There Problems with Giving Live Demonstrations in the Classroom? | p. 138 |
| Is There a Problem with Using "Canned" Presentation of Web Pages? | p. 138 |
| Is There a Problem with Enhancing Electronic Presentations? | p. 140 |
| What Are the Copyright Implications for Distance Learning? | p. 141 |
| Do Vendor Licenses Address Uses Made for Instructional or Distance Education Purposes? | p. 142 |
| Taking a Stand for Libraries and Library Users | p. 145 |
| Why Should Librarians Get Involved in What Is Essentially a Political Issue? | p. 145 |
| How Should Librarians Go About Being Aggressive and Prevent Being Co-opted? | p. 148 |
| Selected Excerpts From the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C. 101 Et Seq.) | p. 153 |
| Copyright Term Duration | p. 181 |
| The Conference on Fair Use: Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Digital Images | p. 183 |
| The Conference on Fair Use: Fair Use Guidelines for Electronic Reserve Systems | p. 197 |
| The Conference on Fair Use: Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Distance Learning | p. 201 |
| The Conference on Fair Use: Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia | p. 211 |
| Final Report of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works | p. 223 |
| American Library Association Model Policy Concerning College and University Photocopying for Classroom, Research and Library Reserve Use | p. 229 |
| Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not-For-Profit Educational Institutions (from the House Committee on the Judiciary Report on the Copyright Act of 1976) | p. 239 |
| How to Get Permission to Use Copyrighted Material | p. 243 |
| How to Protect Your Work | p. 245 |
| How to Fulfill Your Responsibility as an Information Professional to Represent the Needs of Your Library and Your Users | p. 251 |
| Source 13: Resources: Organizations | p. 255 |
| Source 14: Resources: Publications | p. 257 |
| Source 15: Resources: Web Pages | p. 259 |
| Index | p. 261 |
| About the Author | p. 264 |
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