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Controlled Digital Lending: A Copyright Analysis

IP and Legal Filings

The libraries use this concept of CDL justify the mass digitalization of copyright works digital versions of their legally obtained items and lending them to patrons in a controlled manner. This rule covers lending digital copies of copyrighted works, while works in the public domain can be freely digitized.

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INTERNET AND COPYRIGHT

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Copyright is essentially a right to copy. It’s an intellectual property, if an individual owns the copyright to something, then he’s the only owner of it and also the decider that who can copy it. A standard myth about the Internet is that anything posted online can be copied or downloaded.

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Internet Archive Loses Lending Lawsuit: What Happened, and What’s Next?

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The future of “controlled digital lending” is in doubt after a court rules that the Internet Archive’s online library is not protected by fair use. When the electronic version is “checked out,” the physical copy is taken out of circulation. ” What is Controlled Digital Lending?

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The United States Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on AI: A Quick Take

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Significant amounts of content are also available through the public domain. When acting unlawfully, AI developers receive materials from pirate sites, through downloading in violation of express terms and flags, and from so-called “shadow libraries,” among other things. Rather, such uses fall under the general copyright regime.

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Enhance Curriculum with Copyrighted Content

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Exceptions include materials in the public domain such as documents and materials the U.S. Consideration of how the TEACH Act and exceptions like fair use apply to the use and distribution of copyrighted materials in the classroom and in online education. Unfortunately, this can be a difficult task.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

The domain of copyright deals with the literary, musical, dramatic, and artistic works, and cinematograph films. Before the digital era, copyright protected tangible art or works, allowing authors to easily regulate usage, copies, and earnings.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

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As the story goes, they provided him with a copy of a few scenes from “Ghostbusters” in which the theme would appear. You can judge for yourself by downloading a copy of “Jap Herron” here. This prompted a lawsuit by Don Post Studios, which asserted that the Cinema Secrets mask was a copy of its own mask.

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