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CCM400. Copyright Issues Relating to Web 2.0 and Digital Content
| Instructor: | Lesley Ellen Harris Copyrightlaws.com |
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| Course Dates: | 1- 21 March 2011 | |
| IACET CEU Credit | 1 | |
| Member Price US$ 395.00 |
Non-Member Price US$ 495.00 |
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* A late fee of $50 will be added to your invoice if you register at or after midnight (12:00 a.m. ET) on the first day of the course. Late registration does not guarantee live access to the first course session.
This online course covers issues relating to Web 2.0 and digital content. Topics covered include:
- copyright protection in digital v. traditional works
- digital works that are protected
- determining whether a digital work is protected by copyright
- existing laws that deal with digital copyright issues
- defining "electronic rights"
- licenses (for digital works) v. assignments of copyright
- digital licensing overview (Note: CCM 600 deals with how to work with digital license agreements)
- the role of a written digital license policy
- copyright treatment of specific digital uses of content including scanning/digitizing; website content; manipulating digital images; file-sharing; electronic reserves and online course material; teaching online/distance education; e-mail; linking; framing; discussions lists such as listservs, bulletin boards and newsgroups; browsing; caching; blogs; news feeds; downloading; printing; e-transfer; e-archiving, digital libraries and digital library projects; digital databases of articles; internal v. external uses; wikis; social networking sites
- digital rights management (DRM)
- the future of digital copyright
Course Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will understand how copyright protects and applies to digital works, and how to determine whether Web 2.0 and digital content is protected by copyright. The participant will examine how existing laws (such as the U.S. Copyright Act, the WIPO copyright treaties, the DMCA, and the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) deal with digital copyright issues. The participant will differentiate between licenses and assignments of copyright, understand the general role of digital licenses and the role of a written digital license policy. The participant will discuss the meaning of "electronic rights," and describe the copyright treatment of specific digital uses of content including scanning/digitizing, website content, using and manipulating digital images, file-sharing, electronic reserves and online course material, teaching online/distance education, e-mail, linking, framing, discussions lists such as listservs, bulletin boards and newsgroups, browsing, caching, blogs, news feeds, downloading, printing, e-transfer, e-archiving, digital libraries and digital library projects, digital databases of articles, internal v. external uses, and peer-to-peer file sharing. The participant will describe DRM (digital rights management), and discuss the future of digital copyright.
Specific Learning Outcomes
- Describe how copyright protects and applies to digital works.
- Analyze whether a digital work is protected by copyright.
- Identify the existing laws (such as the U.S. Copyright Act, the WIPO copyright treaties, the DMCA and The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) that deal with digital copyright issues.
- Explain how the existing laws deal with digital copyright issues.
- Differentiate between licenses and assignments of copyright.
- Define the general role of digital licenses.
- Discuss the role of a written Digital License Policy.
- Define "electronic rights."
- Describe and analyze the copyright treatment of specific digital uses of content including scanning/digitizing, website content, using digital images, manipulating digital images, file-sharing, electronic reserves and online course material, teaching online/distance education, email, linking, framing, discussions lists such as listservs, bulletin boards and newsgroups, browsing, caching, blogs, news feeds, downloading, printing, e-transfer, e-archiving, digital libraries and digital library projects, digital database of articles, internal v. external uses, and peer-to-peer file sharing.
- Argue for or against DRM (digital rights management) in library use.
- Predict the future of digital copyright.
Performance Measure
Course assessment, exercises and discussions will measure and evaluate the degree of understanding that participants achieve during the learning process.
Prerequisites
This online course is one of seven required courses for SLA's Click University Certificate in Copyright Management: Principles and Issues. CCM100 and CCM200 and/or 201 are recommended, but are not required, to be taken before this course. There are no prerequisites for non-certificate participants, who may take any certificate course(s) à la carte.
What people are saying about the value of the copyright certificate courses:
"All of the organizations I work for, and volunteer for, use Web 2.0 technology.... I'm sure that many other organizations will be headed in this direction so I want to be prepared."
"CCM400 has been updated and I took it to stay current and to learn more about Web 2.0."
"...CCM400 will relate to my day-to-day job. I am already planning to present my newly acquired knowledge with my co-workers at a staff meeting."
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