Libraries and Copyright

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[/caption] I have a love/hate relationship with the copyright exceptions for libraries and researchers. I'm grateful there are exceptions but I'm just not sure it's possible things could be *more* confusing. Kudos to the Copyright Advisory Network (http://librarycopyright.net) for these easy-to-use tools to help libraries and others understand these confusing rules. For librarians the Section 108 Spinner: http://librarycopyright.net/108spinner/ For teachers the Exceptions for Instructors tool: http://librarycopyright.net/etool/ For researches (and everyone) the Public Domain Slider and the Fair Use Evaluator: http://librarycopyright.net/fairuse/ http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/


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