That Copyright Blog

I will cease adding entries here in Blogger, and commence with entries in my new blog:


http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/

I've been away on leave, attending to family affairs, so I'll be resuming the blog as soon as I've had some time to get out there and surf the sites, Real Soon Now.

The Association of American Publishers has put together their web pages on getting permission in one easy to use list.

They also provide contact information of AAP members for those who are seeking permission: "The AAP receives a large volume of calls from people who wish to contact its members to request permission to utilize copyrighted material. In an effort to facilitate this communication, the AAP has gathered the Internet addresses for its members' home pages (specifically, the part of their home page that provides permissions information) and has linked their site to the AAP Web page."

http://www.publishers.org/copyright/index.cfm

I've sort of worked around this site, looking at it in my bookmarks file for quite awhile. But it's a rather informative site. It's mostly about the services of Lesley Ellen Harris, which include several online courses about copyright. They're not very expensive, but I can't vouch for the quality. If anyone wants to send in a review it'd probably help.

http://copyrightlaws.com/index2.html

Although this website seems quirky to me, it's been kept up to date and has a bit of a different slant. It includes international perspective. I didn't prowl through every link and as a result have only a vague sense of who is creating the site. See what you think. If you fine out who's doing it, let me know


http://www.copyrightandculture.com/main.php?

Peggy Hoon's site looks like it's had a makeover recently. The North Carolina State University Scholarly Communication Center provides a wealth of information regarding copyright. The Center staff organizes information for users of copyright protected information and for academic authors and creators who need copyright information for their own work. Check out the tutorial on copyright.

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/scc/index.html

Elizabeth Townsend's blog looks like it's becoming active again, although it was sort of a shock to have the latest entry be about a conference in New Orleans. How quickly things change!!! If Elizabeth keeps it up, she's one of the best, IMO.

http://academiccopyright.typepad.com/

Washington State University's handsome page covers most of the copyright territory that a faculty member or student is going to want to know.
From the Mission page: " Washington State University Copyright Office hosts this web site to educate the campus community about copyright law in higher education. The Copyright Office was established to assist students, faculty and staff in copyright issues that arise in the pursuit and delivery of education."

http://publishing.wsu.edu//copyright/index.html

"The Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) Initiative is an international effort aimed at developing and promoting an open standard for the Digital Rights Management expression language."
[...]
"The ODRL is intended to...support transparent and innovate use of digital resources in publishing, distributing and consuming of digital media across all sectors ..."

The standard is in version 2.0 and can be found on this site, along with plenty of information about the initiative and who is involved.


http://odrl.net/

Digital Rights Management has grown to be very popular for big industry music interests and this page lets everyone in on the latest developments. You can thank the Digital Millenium Copyright Act for making it illegal to tamper with DRM technology without permission.

http://www.drmwatch.com/

"Copyfight is a weblog exploring the nexus of legal rulings, Capitol Hill policy-making, technical standards development and technological innovation that creates--and will recreate--the networked world as we know it. Among the topics Copyfight covers: intellectual property conflicts, technical architecture and innovation, the evolution of copyright, private vs. public interests in Net policy-making, lobbying and the law, and more."

The link to the actual blog is on this descriptive page. I found that just landing in the blog left a bit to be desired.

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/copyfight

This page was created to disseminate the text and recordings of the recent hearings on orphan works.

"The Copyright Office is examining issues raised by “orphan works,” i.e., copyrighted works whose owners are difficult or even impossible to locate. Concerns have been raised that the uncertainty surrounding ownership of such works might needlessly discourage subsequent creators and users from incorporating such works in new creative efforts, or from making such works available to the public."
http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/


Background from the Federal Register:
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2005/70fr3739.html

"Current Copyright Issues Facing Academic Librarians is a primarily a synchronous seminar, allowing participants to work through course material at times convenient to them throughout the week. However, specific material and activities will be covered during each week of the course. Real-time online chat with the instructor will be scheduled during week two of the course to discuss case studies, time and day to be determined. Students may also choose to schedule additional chat time with the instructor, as they feel necessary. Participation in threaded discussions will be a course requirement."

I have a library bias, but I believe that the content of this course can be relevant to lay persons as well as librarians because it will give lessons on the principles involved within real-world contexts, so it becomes clear how the laws and guidelines really work.

http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/copyrightcourse.htm