AALL Model Law Firm Copyright Policy. Approved October 1996 Revised January 2001, July 2007, and August 2007 Last approved by the Copyright Committee in August 2007 INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT: Reproducing copyrighted materials is governed by the Copyright Act of 1976, subsequent legislation,[1] and interpretive case law.
AALL reaffirms the application of the fair use provision (17 U.S.C. - 107) and the library exemption (17 U.S.C. - 108) in the law firm environment.[2] This Policy is intended solely for the consideration of law firm libraries as suggested procedures in complying with copyright law. Firm-wide implementation should be done with the input and advice of firm management. FIRM STATEMENT: [FIRM] does not condone the unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted materials, in any format.
Unauthorized reproduction includes copying done beyond that which is permitted under the Copyright Act, if it is done without permission and/or payment of royalties. IU Copyright Resource Guide. Know Your Copy Rights. Library Copyright Alliance. WHEN WORKS PASS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. TEACH Act Copyright comparison chart.
Copyright Video. Fair Use Checklist. Introduction to the Checklist The Fair Use Checklist and variations on it have been widely used for many years to help educators, librarians, lawyers, and many other users of copyrighted works determine whether their activities are within the limits of fair use under U.S. copyright law (Section 107 of the U.S.
Copyright Act). Fair use is determined by a balanced application of four factors set forth in the statute: (1) the purpose of the use; (2) the nature of the work used; (3) the amount and substantiality of the work used; and (4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the work used.
Those factors form the structure of this checklist. University of Minnesota Libraries.