Copyright and the Library Part 1: The Basics Including Fair Use

An ACRL Online Seminar
July 14-August 1, 2008

Registration is now open!

Course Description:
In this course, students will learn to think in terms of U.S. copyright law. Students will focus on building understanding of current copyright law, creating a “copyright palette” for their libraries, and assessing a library’s legal risk with regard to current U.S. copyright law. Additionally, students will build an understanding of the Fair Use clause, as well as how to legally apply fair use in the library, classroom, and broader campus environments.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this seminar you will acquire:

• Understanding of copyright nomenclature.
• Knowledge of the various works protected by copyright and why the differences matter.
• Understanding of when copyright can cause potential problems in the library.
• Ability to analyze potential copyright issues in your library.
• Identify liability issues in the library.
• Damages and remedies should the library be sued for infringement, as well as damage limitations.
• Understanding the impact of publication, registration and notice.
• The four fair use factors and how each is applied in library settings, including e-reserves, the classroom and the broader campus environs.

Audience:
Librarians and Library paraprofessionals who want to gain better understanding of how copyright law affects library practice, as well as assess their institutions risk with regard to current copyright law.

Instructor:
Tomas A Lipinski, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D.

Tomas A. Lipinski was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on November 16, 1958. After completing his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he received the Master of Laws (LL.M.) from The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, and the Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Lipinski has worked in a variety of legal settings including the private, public and non-profit sectors. He has taught at the American Institute for Paralegal Studies and at Syracuse University College of Law. In summers he is a visiting faculty professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he teaches courses in information policy and legal issues for libraries and information managers.

Professor Lipinski currently teaches, researches and speaks frequently on various topics within the areas of information law and policy, especially copyright, free speech and privacy issues in schools and libraries. Monographs include, in 2003 THE LIBRARY’S LEGAL ANSWER BOOK (ALA) co-authored with Mary Minow; in 2004, COPYRIGHT LAW IN THE DISTANCE EDUCATION CLASSROOM (Scarecrow Press, Inc.) and in 2006, THE COMPLETE COPYRIGHT LIABILITY HANDBOOK FOR LIBRARIANS AND EDUCATORS (Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.). Among his many articles are The Myth of Technological Neutrality in Copyright and the Rights of Institutional Users in the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2003), with Lee S. Strickland and Mary Minow, Patriot in the Library: Management Approaches When demands for Information Are Received From Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agents, 30 NOTRE DAME JOURNAL OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LAW 363 (2004); with Thomas Gould and Elizabeth Buchanan, Copyright Policies and the Deciphering of Fair Use in the Creation of Reserves at Major University Libraries, JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP (2005); Tomas A. Lipinski and Elizabeth Buchanan, The Impact of Copyright Law and Other Ownership Mechanisms on the Freedom of Inquiry: Infringements upon the Public Domain, JOURNAL OF INFORMATION ETHICS, Spring 2006, at 47 (47-59); Kathrine A. Henderson, Richard A. Spinello and Tomas A. Lipinski, Prudent Policy? Reassessing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY, November, 2007, at 25 (Volume 37, Issue 2) (25-40); and Hannelore Dekeyser and Tomas A. Lipinski, Digital Archiving and Copyright Law: A Comparative Analysis, 12 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATIONS LAW & Policy 180 (2008) (180-224) [available at http://www.ijclp.net/].

In fall of 2005, Professor Lipinski was placed on the Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster (“The Fulbright Senior Specialists Program differs from the traditional Fulbright Scholar competition in that the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) builds a roster of specialists in a variety of disciplines through an open application process. Applicants recommended by specialist peer review committees and approved by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board become candidates for Fulbright Senior Specialist projects.”) and was the first named member of the Global Law Faculty, Faculty of Law, University of Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Belgium, in Fall of 2006.

Course Requirements:
Your participation will require approximately three to five hours per week to:

• Read and listen to the online seminar material
• Post to online discussion boards
• Complete online exercises 

Registration:
ACRL member: $135
ALA member: $175
CACUL member: Can$195 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $195
Student: $60

Registration is now open!

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• You will need to log in with your ALA ID & password. If you do not have an ALA ID & password, you will be asked to create one in order to register.

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• Download and complete the PO registration form.
• Submit the form along with your actual PO to ALA registration (fax or mail; see form for details).
• You will not be considered registered for the course until both your PO and the registration form have been received and processed by ALA registration.

Member rates apply to personal memberships only. Want to join ACRL or ALA? Complete the online membership form, available on the ALA Web site. If you join ALA/ACRL within five days of registering, we will adjust your fee (please fax a copy of your completed registration form to ACRL at 312-280-2520).

Payment may be made by credit card or purchase order (PO) only.
If paying by PO, the PO number is required at the time of registration.

Class size is limited to 60 participants. Full refunds will be granted up to 14 days prior to the start of the seminar.