Copyright Issue Widgets

http://weblogs.lib.uh.edu/weblogs/scomm/2008/02/copyright_issue_widgets.html

Kevin Smith, Scholarly Communications Officer at Duke University, has published “weekly widgets” on copyright issues on the Scholarly Communications @ Duke blog.  The widgets offer brief but informative discussions of different copyright topics:

1. What does Copyright protect?
   
2. Who gets copyright in a work?
   
3. When is something a work for hire?
   
4. What are the rights protected by copyright?
5. How long does copyright last?
   
6. So what is in the public domain?
   
7. Should I register my copyright?
   
8. If I cite the source I am using, can it still be copyright infringement?
9. Who owns a paper written by three professors?
10. What are the exceptions to copyright?
    
11. What are the specific teaching exceptions?
12. How does Fair Use work?
    
13. Without certainty, how does fair use help?
14. How is copyright transferred?
    
15. How do licenses work?
    
16. What is the Creative Commons?
    
17. Where does a publication contract fit in?