Copyright Research Bill ReIntroduced

February 4, 2009 – 10:58pm — Bibliofuture
The Fair Copyright in Research Works bill, a controversial measure that would ban public access policies similar to those of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was reintroduced in Congress last night, after being shelved at the end of 2008.
The bill resurfaces as proponents in the Association of American [...]

Panel Issues Guide to Using Copyrighted Material in the Classroom

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG
When professors want to incorporate clips from television shows or other popular-culture works into their lectures and are unsure about what they can legally use, some are basing their decisions on “urban folklore about copyright,” says Peter A. Jaszi, a law professor at American University.
A new guide by the university’s Center [...]

Do you have questions about copyright and your Federally funded research?

Duke’s scholarly communication website reports a new government site that answers MANY questions about this potentially confusing issue. See http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/09/03/copyright-faq-for-government-works/ for more info and keep up to date at the Duke site at:  http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/
For scholarly authors, however, the biggest value of the site is the section answering questions about copyright in works created under a [...]

How to Retain Ownership of Your Copyright…

…when Dealing with Publishers
(A Very Short Guide to Negotiation)

The term “negotiation” may be a bit formal, and may bring to mind images of legally sophisticated advocates vying for advantage over one another by inserting arcane phrases into a complex document. Rest assured that such a scenario is not being referred to here. Nevertheless, [...]