Digital copyright for librarians March 9th

[Lesley Ellen Harris <lesleyeharris@comcast.net>]

The Special Library Association and Copyrightlaws.com are jointly 
offering an online course on digital copyright issues.  CEU 
credits available.

Topics covered include:

*copyright protection in digital v. traditional works

*digital works that are protected

*determining whether a digital work is protected by copyright

*existing laws that deal with digital copyright issues

*defining "electronic rights"

*licenses (for digital works) v. assignments of copyright

*digital licensing overview (Note:  CCM 600 deals with the 
specifics on how to work with digital license agreements)

*the role of a written Digital License Policy

*copyright treatment of specific digital uses of content 
including viewing content on a computer monitor, 
scanning/digitizing, Web site content, using digital images, 
manipulating digital images, file-sharing, electronic reserves 
and online course material, teaching online/distance education, 
email, linking, framing, discussions lists such as listservs, 
bulletin boards and newsgroups, browsing, caching, blogs, news 
feeds, downloading, printing, e-transfer, e-archive, digital 
libraries or digital library projects, digital database of 
articles, internal v. external uses, peer-to-peer file sharing

*DRM (digital rights management)

*the future of digital copyright

The course is open to the public.  See: 
www.clickuniversity.org.  The course is part of a 7 course 
program leading to a Certificate in Copyright Management.

People are Saying:

"Excellent course, highly recommend."

"I really liked the discussion list and the case studies, which 
were the most interesting part of the course and as they involved 
real and complex issues."

"The combination of online sessions with readings/discussions and 
a final quiz. The discussions bring up viewpoints I wouldn't have 
thought of on my own."

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