Re: copyright changes

During ALA library legislative day ACRL had a luncheon where the speaker was David Carson, General Counsel to the Register of Copyrights. In his remarks he stated the the intent of the DMCA was to make it easier for libraries. He stated that previously libraries had been required to include a copyright statement, but that since 1989 when copyright notices were no longer required this was becoming difficult. I asked at what level did the ruling about including the notice apply (i.e. to whole works, parts of works that did not contain copyright notices, etc.). I gave the example where a journal may contain a copyright notice that pertains the material original to the journal publisher but where individual authors might have retained the copyright of their articles. While I can't remember the exact words of the reply, it was something to the effect that the copyright office hadn't really thought about these variations and that the stamped notice that the material was might be subject to copyright protection was probably okay.

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