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Licensing digital content

Streamlining Copyright Licensing: The Copyright Hub

This summer (2013), the Copyright Hub will go live. The Hub is a UK initiative to help those who use copyright-protected content to obtain reliable copyright information. The Hub is intended to be a one-stop online space for consumers of …

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Online Course: Global Copyright Law Principles

Login to the Digital Space for the online course, Global Copyright Law Principles. This course has now ended. It will be offered again in early 2014. An eTutorial on International

Orphan Works in Canada: Unlocatable Copyright Owners

Unlike the U.S. and many other countries, Canada has a mechanism in its Copyright Act to help obtain permission to use content in which the copyright owner is

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Copyright Law + Using Images and Photos from Google

How many times have you used Google and found the perfect image or photograph? As tempting as it is to copy and paste that image and perhaps even

Do You Need Permission to Share a Comic or Cartoon?

A cute copyright-related comic was emailed to me by a friend this week.  The comic would be fun to publish in The Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter,

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Do You Have A Copyright Question?

Do you have a copyright question? Copyrightlaws.com can assist: 1. Click here. 2. Choose one of the fifteen headings that is most relevant to your question. 3. Browse through the answers

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Copyright Facts for Librarians

Below are 6 essential copyright facts for librarians.  Please add to the discussion by commenting below. 1.    You can always summarize an article or book if you cannot obtain

Jobs with Copyright & Licensing Functions

Occasionally organizations with positions for lawyers and nonlawyers (e.g., librarians, editors) email Copyrightlaws.com with openings. These openings which used to be posted on Copyrightlaws.com will now be available

Canadian Copyright Law Course

Will Canadians see a new copyright amendment bill tabled this Fall?  Are you responsible for obtaining permissions to use content?  Now is the time to be current on

Digital Licensing, Clicking “I Agree”, E-Book & iPad Licensing

The Meaning of License According to Black’s Law Dictionary, a “license” is “The permission by competent authority to do an act which, without such permission, would be illegal, a

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