title: Copyright for Teachers and Librarians
author:  Rebecca P. Butler 
description: If you've been looking for a thorough but easy-to-figure-out handbook on copyright law and how to do your job and stay legal, you may hereby shout, "Eureka!" Butler has succeeded in classifying, clarifying, and demystifying every conceivable type of situation you might find yourself in and then provides answers, in simple flow-chart form, for handling them. The five chapters in Part I are thorough reviews of copyright law, the concept of fair use, determining what is in public domain, how to obtain permissions, and other general guidelines on such topics as licensing, loaning, penalties, plagiarism, and exemptions. The bulk of the book is in Part II, which deals with specific applications, such as Internet and public access, videos and DVDs, television, software, music, multimedia, distance learning andoh, yes!print! Each chapter follows the same format (including end notes and references), providing clarity and ease of access, and more than 60 flow charts provide pathways to follow in various situations. In the unlikely event your situation is missed, you'll find out how to find it on any of the Internet sites provided for further research. An indispensable addition.<i>Mary R. Hofmann, Rivera Middle School, Merced, CA</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  [Begin Reading](../Text/part0004.html#Chapter1)
  
  
  [Table of
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  [Newsletters](../Text/part0104.html#Appendix1)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](../Text/part0106.html#Copyright2)
  
  
  
  
  
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  For Cori,  
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  For Wendy
  
  
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  [Acknowledgments](../Text/part0105.html#344