how do you figure that out, how do you change it, how do you protect your work
probably way more than you really need, so find out how to slim down your big fat copyright by managing it
to maximize your impact, the effectiveness of your creative effort, your audience, your academic success, your wealth (well, maybe), your eternal happiness (probably not, but then, who knows?) -- copyright management means being more thoughtful about how you handle your rights, retaining rights in certain circumstances, and sharing the wealth of rights the law gives us with others, in other situations. A copyright is not an all or nothing proposition. The set of rights is infintely devisible. Learn about the advantages of keeping some for yourself, and of giving others away
CC licenses provide free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, students and educators (like you) easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright from "all rights reserved" to "some rights reserved." In other words, you can tag it "share," just like I tagged the Crash Course. To learn more about the role these licenses can play in the management of your copyrights, read, Your rights as a copyright owner, and Copyright management.
mass digitization of library collections is revealing a treasure trove of heretofor obscured works, works in the public domain that can be shared broadly with the public, and orphan works, those still protected, but whose copyright owners are unknown, unable to be located, or unresponsive. The potential these works hold puts pressure on copyright law and policy to adapt more quickly to new possibilities in a digital networked environment
implied licenses give you rights to, uh, well, uh, that's the problem with implied licenses, they're not real clear -- but they're there and within reason you can and should rely on them
search millions of CC licensed works for things you can use for free
copyright's safety valve, when it's working properly ... when should you rely on it; what does it cover
authorizes virtual classroom performances and displays, but what does it cover and how does it work with fair use
processes, who pays
the library is deep into copyright, it even has its own section in the Copyright Act
should be comprehensive -- covering use of others' works (coursepacks, digital distribution through course management systems, library reserve systems, digitization projects, research copies) and careful management of our own copyrights
p2p, digital delivery, mass digitization projects
institutional repositories, open access, university presses, libraries and collaborative publishing
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