Re: Copyright question.

["Brig C. McCoy" <brigc@WICHITA.LIB.KS.US>]

At 10:25 AM 11/2/00 -0700, you wrote:
 >The library that I work at is very strict about copying music.  I recently
 >finished a class about copyright and the internet.  Basic rule is that you
 >can use most everything on the internet if it is for educational purposes,
 >but if there is a question it is a good idea to ask permission to use the
 >material.
Copyright rules are the same whether the material is printed in a book or
posted to a web site... the educational exemptions are a little more
complicated than the explanation you received from the class. You might
want to read up on the subject in The Copyright Primer for Librarians and
Educators, Second Edition by Janis H. Bruwelheide (ALA/NEA, 1995).

...brig

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