This document discusses several topics related to copyright and fair use of materials online. It describes mass digitization efforts to make public domain works available online. It also discusses orphan works where the copyright owner is unknown. The document notes that copyright protection applies automatically to anything published online, and explores implied versus express licenses as well as fair use exceptions under the TEACH Act of 2002.

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2. Mass digitization Public domain Orphan works Materials on Internet Copyright protection Implied vs Express licenses Fair use TEACH ACT 2002

3. Mass Digitization It is an organization where they are developing tools to help find information in the public domain.

4. This organizations works to get the “reasonable searches for copyright owners of different types of work (Harper, 2007).”

5. Anyone can use it. Located at Public Domain

6. Orphan Works Not enough information on owner and date of work.

8. Materials in Internet The use of materials on the internet and copyright laws is unclear. Assumption that its public domain.

9. Copyright Protection Anything that is put onto the internet or computer has copyright protection automatically.

10. The author of a work implies specific usage of the work. For example, limited time frame. Detailed description of what the author allows the reader to have from their work. Creative Commons license allows others to use or build onto the authors work.

11. Complicate explanation! It does “balance authors rights to reasonable compensation with the public’s right to the ideas contained in copyrighted works (Harper, 2007).”

12. What is infringement? The use of an authors work and duplicating their work without the consent or permission of the author. The law or court can give a $150,000 fine if anyone were to use copyrighted work and would also be penalized if they did not know that they broke the law.

13. TEACH ACT 2002

14. Law passed in 2002 It gave educators “separate set of rights in addition to fair use, to display and perform others’ work in the classroom (Harper, 2007).” In addition the educators were now allowed to the same in distance education.

16. It is imperative that everyone get permission if needed from various sources such as the librarian and/or organizations such as the CCC.

18. Harper, George. (2007) The Copyright Crash Course. In University of Texas Libraries. Retrieved September 1, 2011, from http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/ . Microsoft Clipart, http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/ Public Domain, (2011). http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter8/ TEACH Act – Intellectual Property Protection for Educators, TEACH Act – Intellectual Property Protection for Educators http://www.suite101.com/content/teach-act--intellectual-property-protection-for-educators-a228036 Wordle, www.wordle.net