The digital librarian's legal handbook
By: John N. Gathegi
Series: The legal advisor for librarians, educators & information professionals -- no. 3
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781555706494
Subjects: Digital libraries; Librarians; Copyright; Handbooks, manuals
Description: Gathegi (information law and policy, media law, the First Amendment, U. of South Florida) offers expert advice on intellectual property, and copyright law in particular, for digital librarians, computing managers, and chief information officers. The author's intent is to provide them with a sound understanding of copyright law and how it impacts digital content management, as well as provide ways to avoid legal problems in the field and answers to the most likely to be encountered legal questions in digital libraries. Topics include: content ownership and owner rights and limitations, digital media licensing, infringement and its results, the service provider safe harbor, copyright royalties, and international aspects of copyright.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to legal issues in digital libraries; title: What are the special features of digital libraries and what are some of the legal impacts of those features?; title: Who are content owners?; title: What rights do content owners have and what are the limitations to those rights?; title: How long do the rights last?; title: How are rights acquired from owners?; title: What should you know about digital media licenses?; title: What is infringement and what are the results of infringement?; title: What should you be aware of in digital rights management systems?; title: What are service providers and what is the service provider safe harbor?; title: What are copyright royalties?; title: What is proprietary and private information?; title: International aspects of copyright; title: Appendix 1. Notices of termination of transfers and licenses (Code of federal regulations); title: Appendix 2. Exemption to prohibition against circumvention (Code of federal regulations); title: Appendix 3. Quick-reference compilation of notable points from each chapter; title: Appendix 4. Quick-reference compilation of compliance checklists; title: Appendix 5. Resources for finding copyright owners and clearances; title: Appendix 6. Suggested analyses for hypothetical questions from each chapter.