Biomedical Publishing on the Internet
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Module 2
Copyright Issues Part 1
While the legal system is attempting to apply intellectual property laws to the new medium of the Internet, the Internet is unlike traditional media in many respects. We will look at the basics of copyright and the specific issues related to copyright on the Internet.
The issues we will focus on in Part 1 include:
copyright fundamentals
derivative works
fair use
multimedia republication
Reading List:
Copyright Basics URL: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright
URL: http://www.copyright.gov/faq.html
Copyright Registration for Online Works
URL: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ66.html
Derivative Works URL: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14.pdf
Fair Use URL: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fairuse.html
How to Register a Work with the US Copyright Office
URL: http://www.copyright.gov/register/literary.html
Copyright on the Internet URL: http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/cOpyNet.htm
Copyright in the New World of Electronic Publishing
URL: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/works/strong.copyright.html
An Intellectual Property Law Primer for Multimedia and Web Developers
URL: http://www.eff.org//CAF/law/multimedia-handbook
Key Cases involving Copyright and the Internet:
Bender v. Hyperlaw URL: http://www.jmls.edu/cyber/cases/bender1.html
N.Y. Times v. Tasini URL: http://www.tourolaw.edu/2ndCircuit/September99/97-9181.html
Random House v. Rosetta Books URL: http://www.rosettabooks.com/pages/legal.html