Copyright renewal for librarians: Seven steps toward a user-friendly law

dc.contributor.author	Smith, Kevin L.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-01-26T17:44:43Z
dc.date.available	2010-01-26T17:44:43Z
dc.date.issued	2010-01
dc.identifier.citation	portal: Libraries and the Academy, vol. 10/1 (Jan. 2010), 5-27	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1530-7131
dc.identifier.other	ksmithl2
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10161/1702
dc.description.abstract	Copyright law is a source of a great deal of bewilderment and frustration to academic librarians. Beyond the basics of copyright protection and fair use, most librarians struggle to grasp the complexity of the law and the roadblocks it presents to access and use. This article attempts to elucidate some of those complexities by suggesting seven steps toward copyright reform that would make the law more useful for libraries. These suggestions address such issues as the predictability of the application of copyright law, specific exceptions for libraries, and ways to ensure that more copyrights remain in the hands of authors.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press	en_US
dc.subject	Copyright	en_US
dc.subject	Libraries	en_US
dc.title	Copyright renewal for librarians: Seven steps toward a user-friendly law	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US