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Best Practices to Lower Your Copyright Risks Lowering copyright risks is a goal of every library, organization and business. This post provides tips for identifying your copyright risks when using third party content, and keeping those risks to a minimum. Use this information to identify possible copyright risks in your library, business or organization. Copyright Risk Management…
Learning About Fair Use in the U.S. Copyright Act Fair use is a much discussed and often misunderstood doctrine in the U.S. Copyright Act. You do not need to be an expert in copyright law to understand fair use. In fact, if you keep in mind this list of 5 essential facts about fair use, you…
Sharing a border, the 49th parallel, you may think that the copyright laws in Canada and the U.S. are pretty much the same. Think again. The copyright laws are quite different and the application of the laws on each side of the border can result in very different results when using, reproducing and sharing copyright-protected…
“How do I know if something is in the public domain?” Public domain is a frequently used term in copyright parlance, yet it isn’t defined in copyright statutes. Below we provide insight into when something is in the public domain under copyright law. This information will help guide you when determining when you need to obtain…
This post discusses the copyright implications of using images found through an online search engine such as Google. In general, you should assume that all images you want to use are protected by copyright unless and until you find out otherwise. Have You Found the Perfect Image on Google? How many times have you used…
Congratulations to our impressive graduates from Copyrightlaws.com’s copyright certificate programs! Our online copyright courses and programs are designed to empower non lawyers to be equipped with the copyright knowledge they need to lower copyright infringement risks, and our certificate programs turn librarians and other non lawyers into copyright leaders and managers. We have two programs: Copyright Leadership Certificate; and Certificate…
Here you will read 10 essential things U.S. librarians and information professionals must know about U.S. and international copyright law. Copyright compliance is often the domain of librarians and information professionals and understanding U.S. and international copyright law principles will help ensure copyright compliance and avoid copyright infringement. Copyright law is not always straightforward and these…
