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Primer on Copyright Law

From the Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship 2003, this extensive and well documented resource, An Education in ©opyright Law: A Primer for Cyberspace. The author, Dr. Robert N. Diotalevi reviews copyright law basics, the fair use doctrine (and provides examples of permissible and non-permissible uses), how copyright applies to distance learning (illustrated by a chart of Institutional Policies and Procedures, along with respective web links), and the DMCA and Teach Act. (link via the ResourceShelf)

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