Copyright and the internet

[Alan Lloyd]

Re: Copyright and the internet

Friends,
I was sent these links by a friend. They may be of interest.

Exclusions to Copyright

http://www.ucop.edu/ott/faculty/crprimr.html

Definition of Public Domain

http://www.benedict.com/Info/PublicDomain/PublicDomain.aspx

Ownership of copyright as distinct from ownership of material object

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap2.html

Sincerely,

Alan Lloyd
coloradocavalry.org

[ephraim_zook]

Re: Copyright and the internet

"However, we are really talking about purely educational use of these images. The only difference between posting an image on this site and showing it to a classroom in a slide show...is the size of the classroom."

Not so. Not so at all. By and large, fair use of materials in the classroom must be used in a face to face teaching situation. Ie: The teacher must be present in the classroom with the students. Hanging the images on the wall (or posting them on the web for all to see) and directing students to view them is not fair use.

How do we post material on the web appropriately for sharing among students? Only students currently registered for the course can access the material -- by password or other security measure.

Ron Myzie

[markmason]

Re: Copyright and the internet

I regress

[DaveGink]

Re: Copyright and the internet

Lots of misinformation here. As someone who deals with copyrights on a daily basis (I own an advertising and graphic design studio) I can tell you that posting a photo here from a book or other source falls under "fair use" (see section 107 of the U.S. Copyright code). "Fair use" provides for the use of copyrighted images (without it being infringement) for things such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. Which these clearly do. I would ALWAYS credit the source when posting a photo for these purposes though.

Edit: Even though these photos clearly fall under the parameters of fair use - I want to add however, that 'fair use' is a defense used in court if a copyright owner were to actually sue for infringement. And does not mean that using a photo here for research automatically guarantees that no problems from that use can occur or that a copyright holder would not sue. And I am no lawyer and this is not legal advice. ;)