Copyright, Fair Use and Plagiarism: Find Books

"Matthew Rimmer's book provides much needed insight into the current status of digital copyright and its relationship to the general purchasing public."

In the increasingly complex and combative arena of copyright in the digital age, record companies sue college students over peer-to-peer music sharing, YouTube removes home movies because of a song playing in the background, and filmmakers are denied a distribution deal when some permissions “i” proves undottable. Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi chart a clear path through the confusion by urging a robust embrace of a principle long-embedded in copyright law, but too often poorly understood—fair use.

Kenneth D. Crews has completely revised his classic text to remap the territory with fresh, timely insights into applications of copyright law for librarians, educators, and academics. Readers will:

Learn basic copyright definitions and key exceptions for education and library services.

Find information quickly with “key points” sidebars, legislative citations, and cross-references.

Understand the four factors of fair use and related court interpretations.

Get up to speed on current interpretations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act from a librarian-educator viewpoint.