{"id":6,"date":"2015-11-09T08:44:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T16:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2020-07-13T20:05:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T03:05:08","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings! Welcome to the\u00a0Copyright Toolkit, which I created for INFO 281, Digital Copyright \u2014 a course taken during Fall 2015, as part of\u00a0the MLIS program at San Jos\u00e9 State University&#8217;s School of Information. I still periodically update this with new articles and resources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience<\/strong>: This toolkit is primarily aimed at librarians and LIS professionals. Secondary audience includes educators and persons interested in copyright and fair use issues.<\/p>\n<p>You can access information in two ways: by specific topic via the tag cloud links in the sidebar\u00a0\u2014 or by posts\u00a0on broader topics in the <a href=\"http:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/articles\">Articles<\/a>\u00a0navigation menu and page. Several topics overlap within the posts, as you&#8217;ll notice by the tags applied, but I try to avoid listing the resources redundantly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: This website focuses on laws, guidelines, and issues\u00a0in\u00a0the United States, unless otherwise noted. Moreover, I am not a lawyer, so please do not take all the content herein as The Final Word regarding copyright or intellectual property (IP).<\/p>\n<h2>Outline of articles<\/h2>\n<p>Jump to these pages to suit your needs or curiosity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/history-background-of-copyright\/\">history of copyright in the U.S.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/how-to-determine-copyright-public-domain-status\/\">determine copyright and public domain status<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/how-to-determine-fair-use\/\">determine fair use<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/permissions-licenses\/\">find permission and licensing information<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/media-dmca-drm\/\">understand the DMCA and DRM<\/a>, and their effects on you and media consumption<\/li>\n<li>Learning about <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/open-access-publishing\/\">open access (OA) and publishing<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/finding-media-producing-creative-works\/\">find and create content<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/information-literacy-learning-more-about-copyright\/\">Learning more about copyright<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/information-literacy-learning-about-privacy\/\">Learning about privacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Further <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/news-organizations-blogs-to-follow\/\">news and organizations to follow<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Should you have suggestions or corrections, please contact me at library {at} iwaruna [dot] com. 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