Copyright, Fair Use, and the Challenge for Universities: Promoting the Progress of Higher Education [Hardcover]

The recent lawsuit against Kinko's Copies for copyright infringement has exposed the confusion and heightened the fear of liability surrounding copyright issues in colleges and universities. This volume offers an enlightening explanation of copyright and the ambiguous concept offair useas they affect and are affected by higher education.

In the first large-scale study of its kind, Kenneth D. Crews surveys the copyright policies of ninety-eight American research universities. His analysis reveals a variety of ways in which universities have responded to—and how they could better manage—the conflicting goals of copyright policies: avoiding infringements while promoting lawful uses that serve teaching and research. He explains in detail the background of copyright law and congressional guidelines affecting familiar uses of photocopies, videotapes, software, and reserve rooms. Crews concludes that most universities are overly conservative in their interpretation of copyright and often neglect their own interests, adding unnecessary costs and obstacles to the lawful dissemination of information.

Copyright, Fair Use, and the Challenge for Universitiesprovides administrators, instructors, lawyers, librarians, and educational leaders a much-needed exegesis of copyright and how it can better serve higher education.

Preface
1. Copyright at American Universities: Conflict and Perspective
Policies as a Balance of Competing Objectives
The Significance of Copyright at Research Universities
Copyright as a Control on Institutional Objectives
Diverse Constituents within the University
Historical Perspective on University Control
2. Copyright and Universities: The Law and the Foundation of Policies
The Rights of Owners and Users
The Foundation of Policies: The Meaning of Fair Use
The Foundation of Policies: The Meaning of Library Copying
3. The Fountainhead of University Policies: Litigation flSÑ