I was wondering if anyone could tell me whether SEC filings and company
annual or quarterly reports are copyrighted or if in the Public Domain? If
they are would there be any trademark or service mark issues with reprint
portions of or all of a companies annual or quarterly report?
Thanks
Tim Nicholls
On 11/14/06 6:38 PM, "CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property" <CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org> wrote:
> CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property Digest #2819
> 1) Distance Education, Intellectual Property, and The TEACH Act
> by Katherine McDaniel <katherine.mcdaniel[_at_]yale.edu>
> 2) International Copyright & Disclaimer info
> by "Wald, Joanne \(ESC\)" <WaldJ[_at_]District279.org>
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> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:10:00 -0500
> Message-ID: <redirect-15850121[_at_]cni.org>
> From: Katherine McDaniel <katherine.mcdaniel[_at_]yale.edu>
> Subject: Distance Education, Intellectual Property, and The TEACH Act
>
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> Hi,
>
> My name is Katherine L. McDaniel. I am a research fellow with the
> Information Society Project at the Yale Law School (http://
> research.yale.edu/isp/). I'm currently writing a paper that compares
> and critiques various national exceptions to and limitations on
> copyright aimed at promoting distance education. The relevant
> legislation in the United States is the "Technology, Education, and
> Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002" ("The TEACH Act"). There are a
> lot of law review articles that discuss the text of the law , but not so
> many that explore how the law is actually used by distance educators.
> Because the goal of this paper is to develop model laws that other in
> countries could implement, it is really important to me that I
> understand how this particular law works in practice. Thus I am
> appealing to this list serve in the hopes that distance educators or
> administrators in higher education copyright compliance offices might
> have time to speak with me, on or off the the record, about the TEACH Act.
>
> Specifically, I am interested in learning whether:
>
> 1) The TEACH Act has made distance education easier, harder, or has had
> no effect.
> 2) The TEACH Act creates adequate exceptions to copyright, or if
> further exceptions/limitations on copyright are needed to meet
> distance educators' needs.
> 3) Whether or not distance educators are aware of/understand copyright
> laws and the TEACH Act's provisions and, if so, whether they seek to
> comply with CR laws and the TEACH Act exceptions them or whether the
> copyright laws are ignored.
> 4) Any other considerations re: the TEACH Act, copyright, and distance
> education that Congress should address.
>
>
> My hypothesis is that the TEACH Act did not create adequate exceptions
> to copyright, but this belief comes only from having read the text of
> the law and the thoughts of distance educators are far more relevant,
> thus I am hoping that a few people would have the time to discuss
> copyright issues in the context of distance education.
>
> Please feel free to respond to this list serve or to contact me directly
> at katherine.mcdaniel[_at_]yale.edu.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Katherine L. McDaniel
>
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> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:55:31 -0500
> Message-ID: <redirect-15867085[_at_]cni.org>
> Subject: International Copyright & Disclaimer info
> From: "Wald, Joanne \(ESC\)" <WaldJ[_at_]District279.org>
>
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> [I apologize if this is a double post; I got a "refused" message when I
> tried earlier]
>
> =20
>
> I work for a large school district. Recently, one of the schools I
> support purchased a DVD that was produced in Germany. The following
> disclaimer is printed on the back of the DVD case:
>
> =20
>
> "This commercial DVD is protected by copyrights and trademarks. It has
> only been released for private use. Any other use, in particular for
> commercial rental, broadcasting, public showing (or any other kind of
> presentation, e.g. in school and universities as well), duplication or
> re-recording and by any other process, by which the DVD could be made
> accessible to the public (or via the Internet or other online systems)
> is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of the
> copyright owner(s). Offenders will be prosecuted and then sued for
> damage incurred. Any damage, charges or reprints of this title will be
> prosecuted as forgery."
>
> =20
>
> My question is about the prohibition against showing the DVD in a school
> or university. Could that be upheld legally? My understanding of the
> Berne Convention is that U.S. Copyright Laws would apply; therefore,
> couldn't a teacher show it in class if the use satisfied the
> requirements of the Fair Use guidelines?
>
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> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
> =20
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> Joanne Wald
>
> ISD 279 / Maple Grove Minnesota
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