Copyright resources on the Web.The IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Computer conferencing on the Internet. There are hundreds of IRC channels on numerous subjects that are hosted on IRC servers around the world. After joining a channel, your messages are broadcast to everyone listening to that channel. receives many questions about copyright of varying complexity. As we have to be particularly careful about the legal reliability of our replies, more often than not, we refer patrons to our Copyright Electronic Information Packet (LIP) on the subject, see http://www.sla.org/membership/irc/copyright.html. The University of Texas Web page, "Copyright in the Library: The Digital Library" http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/l-diglib.htm deals with the implications of U.S. copyright and electronic resources, a question about which we receive many queries. This site outlines the current implications of copyright for libraries and for digital libraries, and has links to the actual section of the U.S. Copyright Act. It deals with acquisition under contract and links to a software and database license agreement checklist. On the latter subject I refer you to the Principles for Licensing Electronic Resources http://www.sla.org/govt/diglic59.html prepared by the American Association of Law Libraries The American Association of Law Libraries "is a nonprofit educational organization with over 5,000 members nationwide. AALL's mission is to promote and enhance the value of law libraries to the legal and public communities, to foster the profession of law librarianship, and to , American Library Association American Library Association, founded 1876, organization whose purpose is to increase the usefulness of books through the improvement and extension of library services. , Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, Medical Library Association, and Special Libraries Association, which can also be used as a checklist. The University of Texas also has a Copyright Crash Course at http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm#qa which is well worth reviewing. There is very rarely an exact answer as to whether copyright has been infringed or not, but it will look a lot better in the judge's eye if your organization has well publicized copyright guidelines. The Copyright Clearance Center Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is a not-for-profit U.S. company based in Danvers, Massachusetts, that provides collective copyright licensing services for corporate and academic users of copyrighted materials. has a web page on "Guidelines for Creating a Policy for Copyright Compliance" http://www.copyright.com/guidelines.htm which suggests wording to be used and walks you through the areas you need to consider. These simple guidelines were developed to help companies support and direct copyright compliance within their organizations, minimizing legal exposure while educating employees on the importance of respecting intellectual property. The international aspects of copyright are becoming more and more important with the globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation of electronic resources. The web site of WIPO WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO World Intellectual Piracy Organization (satire website) WIPO Write in Poll Option WIPO Wing Information Protection Office (USAF) (World Intellectual Property Organization) or OMPI OMPI Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle OMPI Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (Spanish) OMPI Organizzazione Mondiale per la Proprietà Intellettuale (French and Spanish version) at http://www.wipo.org/gives a useful overview of international copyright issues, but each country has its own specific laws to be respected. IFLA's bibliography on copyright and intellectual property includes many different resources, not just articles, and has web links to all the citations, which is a real boon. Some really useful links, way down at the bottom of the page, are those to periodicals, organizations and other copyright collections, international instruments, and web links to copyright sites in the U.S. and Canada, Australia and Japan, and a few in Europe. See http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/II/cpyright.htm The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is an obvious U.S. resource for keeping up-to-date with Federal regulations and copyright news in general. Their listserv address is listserv@rs8.loc.gov, and to subscribe send e-mail to the listserv with message "subscribe USCopyright." You can keep abreast Verb 1. keep abreast - keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies" keep up, follow trace, follow - follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the of copyright legislation by referring to the Library of Congress website, Thomas, with its useful search engine at http://thomas.loc.gov/. In addition, SLA's Government Relations web site posts information on copyright, see http://www.sla.org/govt/digital.html, and regularly addresses copyright issues in its monthly Government Relations Update at http://www.sla.org/govt/index.html under the "What's New in Government Relations" section. The Government Relations Director's monthly audio briefing is dedicated to current issues and legislation, and is presented in lecture mode, including a 15-20 minute presentation followed by a 1015 minute Q&A period. To be notified of these sessions subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; the SLA-GR listserv at listserv@listserv.sla.org. For a quick and dirty reference source "Ten Big Myths about copyright explained" answers some often asked questions and refutes some common myths at http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html. A good site for web-related issues is The Copyright Website at http://www.benedict.com/. Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. Libraries Copyright and Fair Use site at http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ has a search engine to help you through the site which includes section on Current Legislation, Cases and Issues, Resources on the Internet and an Overview of Copyright Law. The Washington State University Washington State University, at Pullman; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1890, opened 1892 as an agriculture college. From 1905 to 1959 it was the State College of Washington. copyright site at help://publications.urel.wsu.edu:80/Copyright/Copyright.html has a useful copyright fact series, but also a link to a copyright quiz. Who is bold enough to give that a try? For more information on "IRC Notes, "or to contribute to the column, please contact Manager, Information Resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. Center John Latham John Latham may refer to:
Government Copyright Sites Australia http://www.copyright.org.au Canada http://cipo.gc.ca/ France http://www.inpi.fr/ Germany http://www.deutschesPatentamt.de/ UK http://www.cla.co.uk/ USA http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright |
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