ohsla2011

Copyright for Health Sciences Librarians

OHSLA April 2011

Anne Gilliland, MLS, JD

Copyright Management Office

copyright@osumc.edu

Information from the Copyright Management Office is not legal advice, nor is the CMO legal counsel to OSU or any members of MLA.

Why Copyright in the Health Sciences?

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Property Need Not be TangibleImage courtesy of elandil (Nicholas Hinsinger) http://www.flickr.com/photos/elandil/371380032/ Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Thumbnail History of CopyrightPhoto courtesy of lawgeek http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdawg/4505745536/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en

• Statute of Anne• U.S. Constitution• Nineteenth Century

American “Piracy”• 1976 Copyright Act

Intellectual Property is the Coin of the RealmImage courtesy of mwanasimba http://www.flickr.com/photos/mwanasimba/5424868822/ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

• Important for any business, whether commercial or nonprofit

• Information is expensive and highly-prized

• Health sciences both produce and consume intellectual property

Copyright Protects Creative ExpressionImage by smemon87 http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/4436909284/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

• When fixed in tangible form• Doesn’t include ideas, facts, or useful objects• But does include a wide variety of media and

subjects

What Else is Outside of Copyright?Image courtesy of Sausyn http://www.flickr.com/photos/sausyn/1243546482/ Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

• Public domain material

• Most governmental material

• The idea of “thin” copyright

Other Unusual SituationsImage courtesy of MikeBlogs http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeblogs/3020966268/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

• International copyright • Pre-1972 sound recordings• Interaction of different copyright acts

Copyright Holder’s Bundle of RightsPhoto by uteart http://www.flickr.com/photos/uteart/4309590712/Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

• Reproduction• Distribution• Publication• Performance• Display• Making derivative

Works• Making digital audio

transmissions

Moral RightsImage courtesy of Xavier Fargas http://www.flickr.com/photos/xfp/2417672363/ Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

• Of importance to artists

• In this country, only exist in the visual arts

• How does it interact with fair use?

• Feature of international copyright

Parts of the Bundle Can be UnpackedImage by Florian http://www.flickr.com/photos/fboyd/2156630044/ Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)

When You Can’t Claim a Copyright Exception: Licenses and Permissions

Photo by Eric Conrad

• Need to seek permission

• License is usually for a particular use and length of time

• Analogy to other licenses—to drive a car, practice law, be a cosmetologist

• Compulsory licenses

First Exercise: Are these in copyright?

• 1966 photograph• Book published 1911, new printing with illustrations,

1962• X-ray, date unknown• Medline Plus database

Copyright is About BalanceDavid Purbrick http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimpurbrick/468393606/ Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)

• Fair use and use in education

• Some copying is good for research and for society

• We create and consume copyrighted work

(Image courtesy of David Maisel)

Four Factors of Fair Use Image by cygnus http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/2678359760/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

• Purpose & character of use, including commerciality

• Nature of the work• Amount and

substantiality of part used

• Effect on the market or on the work’s value

Transformation and Fair Use dogwelder, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dogwelder/36933239/sizes/m/in/photostream/ Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY_NC 2.0)

• Recent emphasis of the courts

• Part of the First Factor: Purpose & character of the use

• Most common in art, but also in scholarship

E-Reserves—What is Fair Use?Image courtesy of kire http://www.flickr.com/photos/kire/777725639/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en

• Different institutions have different policies

• Idea of best practices is gaining ground

• Georgia State Case

Second Exercise: Is this Fair Use?

• Radiology Textbooks• Digitized book portion for dental lecture• Two illustrations from nursing journals

Face to Face Teaching ExceptionsImage courtesy of shareski

• Nonprofit educational institution

• Classroom• Lawfully made copy• Distance learning allowed

if copy not kept beyond class time

• No circumvention• Brevity, spontaneity,

cumulative effect

Teaching Exceptions: Differences in Interpretation

Image courtesy of James Sarmiento (old account) http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijames/112866960/sizes/o/

• What is a classroom?• What is a class?• Reasonable and

limited parts• UCLA and streaming

video

Exercise 3—Teaching Exception Scenarios

• Movies for medical school students• A pharmacy professor’s DVD

First Sale DoctrineImage courtesy of alexkerhead http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkerhead/3677416298/sizes/o/

• Important exception for libraries

• Section 109 of the Copyright Act

• Important point in the ebook reader debates

• Costco v. Swatch—the decision—or not

Copyright Exceptions for Libraries and Archives

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• Specific and Detailed• Include Interlibrary

Loan

Copyright Has Become More ComplexPhoto courtesy of TarynMarie http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarynmarie/218965633/sizes/z/in/photostream/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en

• Copying and display is easier

• Not everything on the Internet is free

• In the digital world, it is often necessary to seek permission

Culture of Remix and Social MediaImages courtesy of Matt Hamm, http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthamm/2945559128/ Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)

• Organizations using Facebook, YouTube, Twitter

• Easier to advertise and communicate

• What was once private may now be public

Lots of Platforms and SystemsImage courtesy of iwfx http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackwind/1082297311/ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Putting Someone Else’s Content on a Social Media Site

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Putting Your Content on a Social Media Site

Image ©Anne Gilliland, 2005

• What are the terms of use?

• What can the site do with your content?

• What can others do with your content?

• What changes if you take down the content?

FlickrImage courtesy of laihiu http://www.flickr.com/photos/laihiu/290630500/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

• Standard terms of service and ways to report infringement

• Provides more licensing alternatives to content owners at the time of upload.

Two Infringing Activities: Two Responses

What Does This Have to Do With Libraries?Photo courtesy of the Pale Side of Insomnia, http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pale_side_of_insomnia/3062749043/ Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC

BY-NC-ND 2.0)

• Providers of information about publishing, communications, and culture

• Creators of content• Consumers of content

Scenarios: Works for HireImage courtesy of DoubleM2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/double-m2/4694311841/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

• Putting presentations from in-service presenters on the web

• Freelance illustrations for a patient brochure

• Patent fact sheets you wrote

• Volunteer makes posters

Scenarios: Education & ConferencesImage courtesy of Patrick J. Lynch http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrlynch/450142739/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

• Articles staff have written up on the web

• Photocopy articles for a conference

• PowerPoint with a third party’s images up on the web

• Show a DVD at work

Scenarios: Public Relations and OutreachPhoto courtesy of Andreas http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheepies/4317027680/ Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

• DVD showing for families and the community

• Photos taken by kids in a program for at-risk youth

• Pictures and images in Power Point presentations

Local SolutionsImage courtesy of INTVGene http://www.flickr.com/photos/intvgene/370973576/ Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)

• Become part of national and global conversation on copyright

• Learn about your institution’s stance

• Consider copyright part of your professional development

Alternatives

• Creative Commons

• Open source licensing

• Expansion of compulsory licensing

• Open access publishing

Look for Terms of Use Image courtesy of Peter Forret http://www.flickr.com/photos/pforret/148700570/ Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Seek PermissionImage courtesy of duncan http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/251501490/ Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)

All of Us at Participate in the World of Intellectual Property

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Know your rights and responsibilities

Stay informed so that you can inform others

Contact me if you have questions later!copyright@osumc.edu

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