Educational implications for copyright in a digital world.

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Statutory law and court cases currently leave fair use of copyrighted material poorly defined and fail to provide effective guidance for the use of others' work. Copyright legislation is undergoing significant change, accelerated by the evolution of computing and communication technologies. This paper reviews copyright issues, fair use guidelines, and applicable laws and statutes to help administrators and educators understand and comply with copyright regulations. The paper describes principles of copyright and ownership, the rights of copyright holders, and the conditions under which copyrighted material can be used by others. Recently introduced legislation, such as the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, may significantly affect how educators can use copyrighted material in the future. The integration of computer and communication technology into education raises a number of intellectual property issues for dental schools. This paper provides some general guidelines regarding copyright issues in academic environments.

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Author/s: Spallek, H (H); Schleyer, T K (TK);

Affiliation: Department of Dental Informatics, Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. heiko(-atsign-)spallek.com

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Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Journal of dental education (J Dent Educ), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1999-Sep; vol 63 (issue 9) : pp 673-81

Dates: Created 1999/10/26; Completed 1999/10/26; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 10518204, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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