Copyright Basics: What Library Folks Really Oughta Know Massachusetts Library System Wednesday Jan 16, 2013 at 12:00 PM Presented by Mary Minow, J.D.,

Copyright Basics:

What Library Folks

Really Oughta Know

Massachusetts Library SystemWednesday Jan 16, 2013 at 12:00 PM

Presented by Mary Minow, J.D., A.M.L.S.

LibraryLaw.com

• Legal information

• Not legal advice!

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Agenda

IntroductionPenalties, Flow Chart

Library Copyright

Preservation, Interlibrary loan

Storytimes, films … a public performance?

Content you can use

Protect yourself from users

Next time: Hot issues – ebooks, first sale, orphan works

Introduction: Penalties

Registered © owners can sue for $750-$30,000 per infringement

willful up to $150,000; innocent as low as $200

17 U.S.C. §504

Introduction: Penalties

Registered © owners can sue for $750-$30,000 per infringement

willful up to $150,000; innocent as low as $200

$0

Staff, volunteers at libraries, nonprofit educational institution

that show reasonable FAIR USE analysis

17 U.S.C. §504

Joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, and University of Maine law school clinics. Sample cease and desist letters, explanations

Chillingeffects.org

Sample Cease and Desist Letters

Public Domain

Fair Use

Get Permission

If no

SpecificException

If no

If no

Flow Chart – May I Use Work?

Library Copyright 17 U.S.C. Sect. 108

Good bedtime reading

Three pages

Permits

Interlibrary Loan, Preservation and Replacements

Patron Photocopiers (with signage)

Print Disabled Photo by purplemattfish CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

http://www.flickr.com/photos/purplemattfish/3725589228/

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/108

Who is a Section 108 “Library”?

Open to public

17 U.S.C. Sect. 108 (a)(2)

LIBRARY COPYRIGHT

LIBRARY COPYRIGHT

OR

Specialized nonaffiliated researchers

Know Library RightsBefore Negotiating Licenses

Interlibrary Loan One article or small selection

*becomes property of user

*no notice other than for

private study, scholarship, research

Entire work or substantial part same as above and

*reasonable investigation shows library cannot buy copy at fair price

17 U.S.C. Sec. 108 (d) and (e)

Sheet Music

Graphic

Audiovisual Works

May NOT Copy for ILL

17 U.S.C. Sect. 108(i)

Preservation and Replacements

Can’t put on Web

Unpublished: Original in your libraryMay make 3 Copies

Published: Replace Damaged, Lost, Obsolete FormatUnavailable at fair priceMay make 3 copies

Interlibrary Loan and User Requests

(1) copy must become property of user      library must not have notice that it will 

be used other than private study, scholarship, or research    

and

 (2) library must prominently display at place orders are accepted and on order forms warning of copyright- See 37 CFR § 201.14

37 CFR 201.14 - Warnings of copyright for use by certain libraries and archives

Is Library Responsible When Users Use Our Equipment to Make Copies?

17 U.S.C. Sec. 108 (f)(1)

No, Not if NOTICE Displayed

Sample wording

Not responsible for unsupervised

“reproducing equipment”

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The person using this equipment is responsible for any infringement.

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The person using this equipment is responsible for any infringement.

17 U.S.C. Sec. 108 (f)(1)

copiers, printers, scanners, usb ports

Patrons with Print DisabilitiesCopyright specific exception (Section 121)

 ”Chafee amendment”

Authorized entitymay copy and distributepublished works

(except plays)

Specialized formatno notice offurther distribution

Library of Congress Fact Sheet http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/copyright.html                    17 U.S.C. Sect. 121

http://openlibrary.org/subjects/accessible_book

2 million DAISY format books Openlibrary.org

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) users qualify.

plus150,000 modern ebooks

plus150,000 modern ebooks

17 U.S.C. Sec. 121

Storytime, Films, Music

Showing films, playing music

allowed for face-to-face instruction

17 U.S.C. Sect. 110(1)

Or make FAIR USE analysis

Music:

ASCAP / BMI/ SESAC licenses

Video: Movie Licensing USA

Fair Use

Likely Yes Likely No

Purpose Nonprofit New purpose

. +

Commercial No new purpose

Nature Reference, nonfiction

Published +

Fiction, Art Music Unpublished

Amount Small amt (relative to whole

original) +

Complete work Heart of work

Market Doesn’t hurt market of

original +

Hurts market or potential market of original

EVALUATE

Each item and use

See also

FAIR USE CHECKLISThttp://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/fair-use/fair-use-checklist/

Content You Can Use

REPUTABLE SOURCEShttp://www.nolo.com/products/the-public-domain-PUBL.html

www.openclipart.orgDedicated to public domain

CC0 Public Domain Dedication

For OLD works, check to see if public domain

EXPIRED

www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/

Peter Hirtle Chart

Life + 70 years

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6022/5929814872_158e1bb716_o.jpg

http://www.infopeople.org/training/finding-legally-safe-music-and-videos

creativecommons.org

licensed

for your use

Abide by License Terms

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en

CC Creative Commons License

BY Attribution

NC NonCommercial

SA Share Alike

ND No Derivatives (no translations etc.)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/faceme/393896393/

“police officer”

Photo by FaceMePLS CC BY 2.0http://www.flickr.com/photos/faceme/393896393/

http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search

Library as Copyright OwnerRegister copyright online $35

• Protection upon creation in fixed format….• But to get $$$ need to register, must timely register• (within 3 months of publication or before infringement begins)

http://copyright.gov

http://www.copyright.gov

Get Permission

www.nolo.com/products/getting-permission-RIPER.html

Charts and Tools at Stanford Fair Use

fairuse.stanford.edu/

Protect yourself from usersCopyright Agent

Designate agent to receive complaints

File simple form with Copyright Office

Put agent contact info on website

… Protects library from lawsuits

$105 one time fee

Photo by FaceMePLS CC BY 2.0http://www.flickr.com/photos/faceme/393896393/

Example: St. Paul Public LibraryExample: St. Paul Public Library

Has your institution filed? Check directory

http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/list/a_agents.html

$105 One page form

www.copyright.gov/onlinesp

Example Website Language: Example Website Language: Hershey Community ArchivesHershey Community Archives

http://www.hersheyarchives.org/legal/terms-of-use.aspx

If You Get a Takedown RequestGo back to ChillingEffects.org

Review

IntroductionPenalties, Flow Chart

Library Copyright

Preservation, Interlibrary loan

Storytimes, films … a public performance?

Content you can use

Protect yourself from users

Next time: Hot issues – ebooks, first sale, orphan works

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