Presented at ALA Annual Conference 2014 June 29, 2014

1. 3 things
I wish more library
people knew about
copyright
Katie Fortney
Copyright Policy & Education Officer,
California Digital Library
@kfortney
slideshare.net/katiefortney/

2. This site has 27K digital
objects.

3. Most of it wouldn’t be there
without fair use.
Fair Use
Permission: Band's
Deed of Gift
Permission:
Separate Licenses
Public Domain

4. For example: fan envelopes

5. When you’re planning a
project and someone says
“copyright”

6. You probably
aren’t the
attractive
lawsuit magnet
you think you
are.

7. Law school minute
Actual damages
vs.
Statutory damages

8. Section 412
No registration
=
No statutory damages

9. Section 504(c)(2)
Good faith fair use defense
for nonprofit educational
institutions, libraries, and
archives

11. Lots of stuff
isn’t even
protected by
copyright.

13. http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.c
fm

14. pre-1978
No copyright notice

15. 1978-1988
If no notice, had to
register within 5 years

16. Unpublished works: Life +70

17. Only works of authorship are
protected.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Threshold_of_originality#United_States

19. A thing I wish more library
people
knew about copyright

20. Some people seem to think
we’re running wild.

21. We’re not crazy.
We’re not copyright abolitionists.

22. Photo by Marion Siegel, fro m http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/library-occupies-heart-occupy-movement
We’re LIBRARIANS.

23. Study up. Join the
conversation.
• Adler, Prudence S., Patricia Aufderheide, Brandon Butler, and Peter
Jaszi. 2012. Code of best practices in fair use for academic and
research libraries. [Washington, D.C.]: Association of Research
Libraries. http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/code-of-best-practices-fair-
use.pdf.
• Crews, Kenneth D. 2012. Copyright law for librarians and educators:
creative strategies and practical solutions. Chicago: American Library
Association. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/742234309.
• Hirtle, Peter B., Emily Hudson, and Andrew T. Kenyon.
2009. Copyright and cultural institutions: guidelines for digitization for
U.S. libraries, archives, and museums. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell
University Library. http://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/14142.
• Russell, Carrie. 2012. Complete copyright for K-12 librarians and
educators. Chicago: American Library Association.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/666224034.
• Wikipedia. Seriously. See, e.g.,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Common_misunderstandings