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Fair Use for Faculty A Copyright Seminar The University of Wisconsin System May 8, 2000
Applying Copyright in Academic Practice
First English Copyright Law 1709
First US Copyright Law 1791
The Purpose of Copyright Law
Intellectual Property
How “original” must an “expression” be
Instant Copyright
Exclusive Rights of the Copyright Owner (Section 106)
Fair Use
“The primary purpose of copyright is not to reward authors, but to promote science and the useful arts. To this end, copyright assures authors the right to their original expression, but encourages others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a work… This result is neither unfair nor unfortunate. It is the means by which copyright advances the progress of science and art.”
Section 110 (1) & (2) Performance and Displays
Section 110(2) Current Law Governing Distance Education
Customary educational exemptions in using copyrighted works
We are creators, consumers and custodians of copyrighted works
“Digital Age” Issues
Old Issues Won’t Go Away
Journal Subscription Costs
Non-copyright Issues
Wisconsin & Copyright
Robert Kastenmeier
Edwin Young
John C. Stedman
Nancy Marshall
Section 107: Fair Use
Section 107: Four Factors
Fair Use in the “Electronic Classroom”
Applying Fair Use in Teaching and Distance Ed
“Red Flags” that could signal trouble ahead
Commercialization of Copyrighted Works
Copyright Guidelines
Why Guidelines?
The Problems with Guidelines
Recent and Proposed Changes in Copyright Law
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
DMCA: Title II
DMCA: Title II
DMCA: Title IV B
U.S. Copyright Office Report on Distance Education
Recommendations of the Copyright Office Report
Managing copyrights in academia
Joint Ownership of Copyright Works
Students and Copyright
Copyright Liability
What We Must Do
Copyright and Academic Culture: The values of the Enlightenment
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