Re: copyright -Reply

TJ Lusher (C60TJL1@WPO.CSO.NIU.EDU)
Thu, 09 Jul 1998 09:47:28 -0500

Hello everyone
Let me just say that copyright for digital material is very much a
grey area- not only who has copyright but how do we as users of
information comply with copyright. While there are laws and accepted
practices for the print world, translating these into the digital
environment rarely works. Below are some URLS for articles and
website with links to other sites about copyright. As someone who is
very much involved with providing access to copyrighted materials to
the public, my stance is to proceed cautiously and to take every
opportunity to respect the rights of the author(s) of any work. I
believe this to be true of most individuals in the academic world who
are aware of copyright issues.

Faculty Summer Institute list of relevant links
http://www.niu.edu/acs/curriculum/fsilinks.html

Delivery of Information Via the World Wide Web: A look at Copyright
and
Intellectual Property Issues
http://www.ala.org/acrl/paperhtm/e40.html

Intellectual Property in the Digital Age
http://www.ala.org/editions/cyberlib.net/1acoc01.html

Pending Copyright Legislation, 105th Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/penleg.html

Digital Future Coalition http://www.dfc.org

An as Eric noted there are many more sites out there ;)

TJ Lusher
Assist. Director Automated Library Services
413 FML
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115-2868
Telephone (815)753-9806
Fax (815)753-9803
Email: tlusher@niu.edu