Received a blanket message on campus alerting everyone to a problem with their email address. Message contains a link to provide correction to the problem. The entire message is false. However, they also used the University's Name with copyright symbol... Read more...
There are two major reasons why a copyright should be registered. The first is to be able to bring a lawsuit for infringement in federal court. The second is to be able to collect statutory damages (as opposed to actual damages) if that lawsuit is... Read more...
I have found a number of highly informative videos on YouTube that were posted by the publishers Garland Science and iBioSeminars. I am a librarian, and I want to embed them in a LibGuide I am creating for a course. I want to use them because I think... Read more...
I would suggest talking to an attorney; removing copyright information from a work is potentially a violation of copyright law. It sounds like there are contractual issues as well, so I would really start with that.
There really isn't a simple way for someone to get permission to use copyright content, unfortunately. There are certainly avenues that you can pursue- we've got some links over here: [|n|n|]... Read more...
Both the College Board (maker of the SAT) and the ACT release 3 tests annually (out of the 7 of each that are administered every year) to students who have taken the test and pay $18 to get a clean copy of the test booklet for the month they took the... Read more...
Someone should jump in here if I am incorrect, but my opinion is that it is OK to show these as part of your portfolio as long as you are not intending to sell them. As a precaution you may want to limit yourself to only one of the images in your on-line... Read more...
You should search this site for the word Disney. My colleagues and I have previously answered variations of your questions that I believe will be helpful to you.
Trish,
You should search this site for the word Disney. My colleagues and I have previously answered variations of your questions that I believe will be helpful to you.
Using a fair use analysis, in my opinion, this is an infringement. The most obvious issues are money is being paid, adverstising Elmo, and it is not an educational event. There are links on this site on how to obtain permissions or you could rent an... Read more...
Dear Colleagues,
I am the copyright librarian at a technical university and am frequently asked if permission may be required to reproduce a table/graph/chart in a thesis/dissertation/report. From my reading of K. Crews' Copyright Law & Graduate... Read more...
Since it was published in 2008, it's still under copyright. You might be safe to post short passages as a sample, but I'm not familiar with Italian copyright law and whether it includes something parallel to our Fair Use. You might want to contact a... Read more...
The license information will trump copyright law, I believe- if your license says that you can't do it, you probably shouldn't do it even if it would be legal otherwise.
I'm writing a book and I'd like to put in directions for a hydroponic growing set-up that is similar to some plans i purchased (DVD and instruction booklet). The instructions are different in my book but there are a couple of aspects that are the same. ... Read more...
The originals are in the public domain. If you want a translation that's in the public domain, look for one that meets the criteria on our Copyright Slider: http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/
A section within an organization is designing a self paced chemistry tutorial that will be available to the Chemists within the organization. The tutorial will contain a bibliography of journal articles from scientific journals that must be read by each... Read more...
My question pertains to technical diagrams. These diagrams often use numbers to label the components and then provide a text-based "key" which is a list of the component names and their associated numbers, instead of cluttering the diagram by including... Read more...
It sounds like this is for an entirely private use. You're only charging him for recording him, nothing to do with the material he actually records. The recording won't be used outside his own family. I'm not familiar enough with the Canadian rules, but... Read more...
There's a difference between date of copyright and date of publication. Technically the item is copyrighted the moment it is "fixed in a tangible format." If you are registering your copyright, formal registration occurs "on the date the Copyright... Read more...
I am working on an art piece that makes a statement about the internet and how people utilize it. The websites have copyright of these peoples' photos, but if I use them as art, much like a film-maker may utilize a collage of images from tv, do I have to... Read more...
I have a question and as I am new to this forum, forgive me if this topic has already been posted.
I am a librarian in charge of digitizing the library's collection of archived photographs. An outside source has offered a collection of... Read more...
You may have noticed that the forums were down for about half a day; one of our database tables became corrupt and we had to restore a backup. If you posted or registered yesterday your information may have been lost, so you will need to re-post. We... Read more...
It depends what your license says, but the more closely you can tie showing these movies to the curriculum, the better, and the safer you will be. It would help if there were lesson plans following up on the movies and using them to discuss issues about... Read more...