Licensing Digital Content

Licensing Digital Content PDF

Author: Lesley Ellen Harris

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0838909922

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Provides an overview of issues surrounding electronic media access licenses for librarians.

Content Licensing

Content Licensing PDF

Author: Michael Upshall

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2014-01-23

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1780632142

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Content Licensing is a wide-ranging and comprehensive guide to providing content for dissemination electronically. It outlines a step-by-step introduction to the why, how, and frequently asked questions of digital content and how to license it. In addition, it examines the context in which licensing takes place. What makes the book unique is that it examines licensing from a range of perspectives. Practical tips for cost-effective licensing Guidance on how to ensure the most effective use is made of electronic resources Invaluable for publishers, libraries and distributors

Open Content Licensing

Open Content Licensing PDF

Author: Lucie Guibault

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9089643079

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Although open content licenses only account for a fraction of all copyright licenses currently enforced in the world, their introduction has had profound effects on the use and dissemination of information. This book explores the theoretical underpinnings of these licenses and offers insight on the practical advantages and inconveniences of their use. The essays collected here include an objective study of the principles of open content from the perspective of European intellectual property law as well as novel examinations of their possible implementation in different areas of the cultural or information industry.

Open Content Licensing

Open Content Licensing PDF

Author: Brian Fitzgerald

Publisher: Sydney University Press

Published: 2007-03-01

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1743322704

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Open Content Licensing: Cultivating the Creative Commons brings together papers from some of the most prominent thinkers of our time on the internet, law and the importance of open content licensing in the digital age.

Licensing and Access to Content in the European Union

Licensing and Access to Content in the European Union PDF

Author: Sebastian Felix Schwemer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-23

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1108475779

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Explores the complex European regulatory landscape for multi-territorial access to and licensing of copyrighted works such as music and audiovisual works.

Licensing Digital Content

Licensing Digital Content PDF

Author: Lesley Ellen Harris

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2017-12-19

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0838916791

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In its new edition, this resource remains a must-have for all information professionals who deal with licenses for electronic resources.

Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices

Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices PDF

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Publisher: Primary Research Group Inc

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1574400932

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The study presents data from 90 libraries ¿ corporate, legal, college, public, state, and non-profit libraries ¿ about their database licensing practices. More than half of the participating libraries are from the USA, and the rest are from Canada, Australia, the UK, and other countries. Data is broken out by type and size of library, we well as for overall level of database expenditure. The 100+ page study, with more than 400 tables and charts, presents benchmarking data enabling librarians to compare their library¿s practices to peers in many areas related to licensing.

Compact Copyright

Compact Copyright PDF

Author: Sara Benson

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2021-09-24

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0838938035

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Included in Choice's Top 75 Titles and Resources for Community College Libraries Faculty, students, and colleagues come to you with copyright questions, both simple and complex. And they all want reliable answers—as fast as you can get them. With this guide, designed for ready access, you’ll be prepared to deliver. Lawyer, copyright librarian, and iSchool instructor Benson presents succinct explanations ideal for both on-the-fly reference and staff training. Copyright specialists will appreciate excerpts from the law itself alongside tools and resources for digging deeper. Practical discussions of key legal concepts, illustrated using 52 scenarios, will lead you to fast, accurate answers on a range of topics, such as barriers to using the TEACH Act provisions in content for online teaching; showing a full-length movie in a university class; public domain and the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act; your legal options when receiving a DMCA take-down notice; court interpretations of fair use in three key recent cases; Creative Commons licenses, complete with a quick reference chart; library rights to license photographs in a digital collection; using letters under copyright in a special collections display case; a grad student’s right to use in a thesis writing published in their professor’s journal article; applying the implied license option to post historical student dissertations in institutional repositories; the Marrakesh Treaty provision supporting transfer of accessible works internationally; and limiting factors for interlibrary loan.