Just to follow up on Brenna's comprehensive summary below, I wanted to
remind everyone that you can also find a good deal of information on
this topic here:
http://www.aallnet.org/committee/copyright/
dkp
Dennis Kim-Prieto, J.D., M.S.L.I.S., M.F.A.
Reference Librarian
Rutgers School of Law -- Newark
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
(v)++973.353.3037
(f)++973.353.1574
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Member, Copyright Committee
American Association of Law Libraries
>>> "Louzin, Brenna A." <Brenna.Louzin@hellerehrman.com> 03/06/08 4:24
PM >>>
Dear Law-Lib Readers,
Earlier this week, I posted a request for comments regarding
organizational practices and policies (primarily private firms)
regarding the use of copyrighted material on intranets and extranets.
Although there are no definitive policies to share, the prevailing
practice seems to be:
* It is irrelevant whether one is posting or linking to materials
on an extranet or intranet, copyright laws must be observed. Always ask
permission to post to materials or links. Never assume anything is
copyright-free.
* Do not expect that because you purchased it once when you did
your original search (on W or L for instance) that you can re-purpose
the results on an intranet, extranet, store it on your hard drive or
email it!
* Only post to links from the home page. And, even then, you may
wish to ask permission to link to that site. Deep linking, even when it
makes more sense, can expose you to more liability for infringement. See
excellent article from Lesley Ellen Harris, "Linking Agreements"
INFORMATION OUTLOOK " v.9 no.4 , April 2005, 38-39.
* Remember that most electronic subscriptions are governed by
license agreements. When these license agreements are signed, they may
limit what is available to you, your firm under copyright law, so
review each license agreement carefully when considering linking to
electronic (subscription) products.
* Your copyright policy may have many pieces depending on each
title, publisher and their respective license agreements with you.
* Join the Copyright Clearance Center and review their policies
and licenses. They may have a service that will fit your budget and
needs of your firm.
* Firms using products like LexisNexis Publisher have reported on
positive options for distributing licensed content firm-wide
* Consider working on obtaining SLA's Click University Copyright
Management Certificate or enroll in another copyright certificate
program
http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/pressroom/pressrelease/07pr/pr2727.cfm
* Learn more about copyright law at
http://www.sla.org/content/resources/inforesour/reftool/copyrtweb.cfm
* And, even more at
http://www.copyright.com/media/pdfs/Copyright-Pitfalls.pdf and
http://www.copyright.com/ccc/viewPage.do?pageCode=cr100-n
Thank you to the following law librarians who responded and offered
suggestions, interest in the topic, and citations:
Christine Stouffer
LaJean Humphries
Carol Bannen
Judi Bikel
Beth Morey
Margaret Webster
Erenia Dominguez
Laurel Brown
Beth Mescall
Laura LaRose
Sandra Dunbar
Ryan Saltz
As usual, this community rocks!
Brenna Louzin | Librarian | HellerEhrmanLLP | 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite
6100 | Seattle, WA 98104
tel: +1.206.389.6226 | fax: +1.206.515.8815 | email:
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