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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Fair use"”.
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Can fair use be adequately taught to librarians? Assessing librarians’ confidence and comprehension in explaining fair use following an expert workshop
Fair use is often viewed as a topic too difficult for librarians and library staff to engage with and, hence, avoided altogether. However, with the right training, librarians can learn how to employ fair use in their daily work. This study utilized testing both before and after an expert led fair …
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Fair use and file sharing in research and education
… the well-ventilated current problems around the use of digital file sharing technologies and their promotion of infringement of copyright leading to the alleged destruction of entertainment industries. Different legal systems have applied different analyses to such problems, and there is no clear …
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The implications of digitizing and the Internet for "fair use" in South Africa
This thesis is going to examine the scope of fair use / fair dealing in South Africa, especially within an academic context. It proceeds in 5 parts. Part I will deal with the question of whether an international standard for fair use exists from which any clarification regarding the scope of the …
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Remix and Rebalance: Copyright and Fair Use Issues in the Digital Age and English Studies
… on increasing conversations on copyright, fair use, and intellectual property in the first-year composition classroom.</p>
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The three step test of international copyright law : is fair use the key to balancing interests in the digital age?
Í þessari ritgerð er leitast við að svara þeirri spurningu hvort að þriggja þrepa prófið í alþjóðlegum höfundarétti geti verið túlkað í ljósi Bandarískra laga um ‘sanngjarna notkun’. ‘Sanngjörn notkun’ er lagahugtak sem að leyfir endurnýtingu höfundarréttarvarins efnis án leyfis frá handhafa …
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The United States copyright law dilemma: a synthesis of copyright applications that affect the use of digital print-on-demand technology
This study explores the problem of "fair use" in copyright as it applies to the use of POD's, print-on-demand systems, by education and business entities. This qualitative research instrument offers an explanation for the discrepancy between current copyright statutes and the application of these …
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Evaluating the current copyright provisions for the reproduction and dissemination of electronic educational material in distance learning
… of work for distance learners. To understand the fair dealing and fair use provision specifically for distance learning in specific countries, which include South Africa, United Kingdom and United States Methodology: A large literature search was undertaken, which included legislation, published …
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The vulnerability of technical secrets to reverse engineering : implications for company policy
… intellectual property rights issues including, users' fair-use provisions that permit reverse engineering. I will also explore the nature of the practice via several types of analyses including: the costs and benefits of reverse engineering; the practical limitations of reverse engineering; and …
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A study of the legal implications of copyright law to the use of computer software in public education
… literature pertaining to copyright and the use of computer software by educators. A combination of legal and historical research methodology was used to conduct the study. The historical research involved primary and secondary source documents, from England and America. The legal research …
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Does copyright affect reuse? : evidence from the Google Books Digitization Project
… in this study I show how the ability to reuse such information and deliver value to end-users depends crucially on features of copyright law. I use the digitization of both copyrighted and non-copyrighted issues of one publication digitized under Google Books, Baseball Digest, to measure …
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eMusic - Legal issues concerning downloading music over the Internet
… friends and family has always been seen as a 'fair use' - a set of usage patterns that have been traditionally considered to be exceptions to copyright law. With the advent of digital music in the early 1990's sharing of music became redefined. Whereas sharing of physical media meant that only …
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Mimosmluvní instituty užití autorského díla: výjimky, omezení, public domain a související problematika generativní AI
… Non-contractual Legal Institutions of the Use of Copyrighted Work: Exceptions, Limitations, Public Domain, and Related Issues of Generative AI ABSTRACT This diploma thesis examines non-contractual legal institutions for the use of copyrighted works in the Czech and European context, …
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A legal and economic analysis of non-fungible tokens on the art market
… laws, such as the right of first sale and fair use doctrines, to the novel context of NFTs, highlighting the need for enhanced regulatory practices within NFT marketplaces. Proposals include the development of reverse image search technologies to mitigate copyright infringement and foster a …
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Teaching Video Composition and Digital Rhetoric in the YouTube Era: Analysis and Research of Academic Video Essays in the College Composition Classroom
… creating in a digital space through copyright, fair use, and preventing the loss of media. It is integral that as teachers, we can teach students how to understand the rhetorical values that video can provide, and hopefully, with teaching students how to use software and rhetorical devices, they …
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Oversized Package Placement Optimization in Warehouses
… with non-OV placement to non-OV racks because Amazon’s algorithm does not explicitly assign OV to a rack but places it in the rack where the non-OV package of the closest delivery destination is. The result is frequent overflow from OV rack to floor for some racks while very few packages in …
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Copyright in motion pictures : the digital era
… subject to limitations outlined in the law, abuse of such limitations amounts to infringement of copyright. Thus, Chapter 3 deals with the concept of infringement, focusing specifically on infringement in the digital era and liability of the Internet Service Provider, together with how this …
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Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act Best Practices
… guide. A grounded theory qualitative method was used, allowing the use of multiple data sources. Data was collected in two distinct phases: a questionnaire and interviews. The questionnaire gathered data on the TEACH Act’s implementation rate, the issues impacting implementation, and successful …
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It’s Always Been Fanfiction; The Boundary of Legitimacy Between Fanfiction and Adaptation
… the same praise. Instead, fanfiction is often accused of, being ‘unoriginal’, ‘simplistic’, and ‘poorly written’. This major research paper aims to identify how this separation between adaptation and fanfiction is reinforced through the notion of legitimacy. Legitimacy dictates what is considered …
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Marketing of electronic resources as a tool for information service delivery and access at the University of Zululand
… assesses access, usage, delivery channels and user awareness towards e- resources. The targeted sample totaled 100 Masters and Doctoral students who were on campus and who used the library services constantly, and six information librarians. Of these 100, only 71 responded, representing a 71% …
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