Copyright Questions

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Usage rights for PBS documentary?

Posted by: Liz M. Barksdale
August 24, 2016 @ 1:59pm
Hi,
A professor I work with would like to show this documentary for educational use. He called PBS about rights, but they didn't get back to him.
http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=2840047
It looks like you can rent... Read more...
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Can a teacher use his/her personal Netflix or other subscription streaming service to show a video in the classroom?

Posted by: phshuff
August 22, 2016 @ 10:21am
Can a teacher use their personal Netflix or other subscription streaming service to show a video in the classroom?
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Copyright Slider

Posted by: callisterp
August 15, 2016 @ 9:43am
Normally I would direct this question to the web master, but I can find no link.  I would like to embed this site's "copyright slider" into a libguide for my law school class on copyright law, but the site isn't working.  Instructions for embedding the... Read more...
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Electronic Reserves

Posted by: williamsonl
August 12, 2016 @ 9:32am
I just want to revisit this subject and see if opinions have change. If the library owns a paper copy of a journal article (from 1986), do you think we need to pay copyright fees to scan it and put it on electronic reserve? We do have a current... Read more...
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Do All Government reports on the Web fall under Fair Use?

Posted by: Olivegrove
August 11, 2016 @ 11:35am
Hello All,
Thank-you for your service!  I am writing a book and I plan to quote from a DOJ report on Child Abuse. I was wondering if you could tell me if the report falls under fair use? or do I have to seek permission?  What is your opinion on... Read more...
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Publishing for commercial use an uncopyrighted 1865 photograph

Posted by: Big Fish
August 7, 2016 @ 4:17pm
A portrait photograph taken in 1865 was not copyrighted. The photo itself was copied via photograph and copyrighted by that photographer who died in 1899. The photo exists at various libraries, museums and on the internet with no copyright mark and... Read more...
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Using an ILL document in a Course

Posted by: librarysherry
June 30, 2016 @ 12:27pm
A faculty member asked if it is ok to put and article into course management system that he has received through ILL. Does the ILL factor make a difference when applying fair use?
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copyright & mathematics textbooks

Posted by: chwixson
June 30, 2016 @ 10:27am
I am working with a math faculty member who is writing a textbook for an upper level undergraduate math course, (and wants to put a CC license on it for all to use as an OER :)
 
We have questions about what constitutes copyright... Read more...
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Link

Posted by: corteza
June 29, 2016 @ 2:38pm
I'm creating a LibGuide and I found a couple poems that are posted on the Poetry Foundation site (www.poetryfoundation.org) that would be useful to refer students.  Is it okay to link to this site, directly to the poems?  On their site it states that... Read more...
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What is copyrightable here ???

Posted by: Lajohni
March 28, 2016 @ 1:20pm
I play a tile game called Mah Jongg and I admin a large players group on Facebook. There is also a league who puts out a card yearly with the hands that can be playerd to win, which they sell. They publish the new card every year on April first but... Read more...
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COPYRIGHT LAW ABOUT SHOOTING ARCHITECTURE

Posted by: halie0201
March 19, 2016 @ 11:41am
I'm wondering if I can shoot video footage of America's architectural works in public places and publish the clips online none-commercially. 

American copyright law:17 USC 120(a) ( http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#120). The... Read more...
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converting VHS

Posted by: Carrie
March 14, 2016 @ 11:18am
We still use VHS video tapes in classrooms. For some portion of these, we might be interested in converting video to DVD format. We understand that we cannot do this if the DVD format is available for purchase. Is it acceptable to search Amazon.com to... Read more...
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class sets

Posted by: Carrie
March 14, 2016 @ 11:17am
Can teachers makes class sets (e.g., 36 copies) of newspaper or magazine articles that they find on the open web (e.g., New York Times article in it's entirety) for their students to read? Can they do this in a planned, & regular sort-of-way? For example,... Read more...
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fair use and Edline

Posted by: Carrie
March 14, 2016 @ 11:16am
How about fair use on our Edline websites? What types of materials can we post on there? Is it safe because of its exclusivity to my class? ---> Video/picture copyrights for Edline.
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Edline

Posted by: Carrie
March 14, 2016 @ 11:16am
What are the laws regarding posting sites or copying articles from sites to use in the classroom or on Edline?
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common core

Posted by: Carrie
March 14, 2016 @ 11:15am
Common Core ELA requires close reading of passages. Students work independently or in small groups reading short passages or excerpts to determine the authors message, analyze vocabulary used by the author, determine the author's tone, form an opinion... Read more...
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streaming video

Posted by: Carrie
March 14, 2016 @ 11:14am
Can streamed video content from such services as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime be shown in school?
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Best Buy purchases

Posted by: Carrie
March 14, 2016 @ 11:13am
Can commercial DVD's bought from such places as best buy be used at school?
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using music in Power Point

Posted by: Carrie
March 14, 2016 @ 11:13am
Are they any restriction on using copy righted music in the classroom or embedded in PowerPoint or
smartboard presentations?
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streaming video

Posted by: Carrie
March 14, 2016 @ 11:12am
Can streamed Video content from such services as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime be shown in School?
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supplemental texts

Posted by: Carrie
March 14, 2016 @ 11:11am
Is it legal to use "supplemental" texts that are printed out and then copied (short stories, poems, articles, etc.), in their entirety, from an online source? (We do this all the time in English classrooms.)
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google images

Posted by: Carrie
March 14, 2016 @ 11:10am
Is it legal to copy pictures from a Google Image search and paste them into a handout for classes (for example, reading a NYT article on the Zimmerman trial, and searching for pictures of both Zimmerman and Martin to include in the reading to supplement... Read more...
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Special needs student

Posted by: Carrie
March 14, 2016 @ 11:09am
Can I use a scanned image from a book to create my an adapted book for a special education student?
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Is the metro design developed by Microsoft copyrighted ?

Posted by: flashgroove
March 10, 2012 @ 8:50am
Hi,

I have recently read a few articles about the upcoming Windows 8 and it's metro design and I was wondering one thing:

Is this metro design that Microsoft developed copyrighted ?

(Can an interface... Read more...
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Does copyright still apply when holder no longer exists

Posted by: JanetCroft
February 29, 2012 @ 4:05pm
What you have there is an orphan item -- and US law still hasn't found the ideal way to deal with those. You might check with a business library to see if National Sales Executives changed their name or were absorbed into another company or organization....
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