A-2 Beyond Copyright? How License Agreements and Digital Rights Management Pose Challenges to Fair Use and the Provision of Electronic or Media Services

Sunday, July 26 - 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Location: 
WCC-Room 152 AB
Target Audience: 
Law library administrators; law librarians providing electronic or media services; law librarians with an interest in copyright, licensing or Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies
Learning Outcomes: 
1) Participants will be able to analyze key legal issues created by licensing or DRM.
2) Participants will be able to discuss the ethical obligations and practical diffi culties of providing service under constraints imposed by licensing or DRM.

Content providers make widespread use of license agreements and Digital Rights Management technologies. Librarians can no longer assume that the traditional understanding of fair use takes precedence. This program will examine the intersection of copyright and contract, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and its judicial interpretation, and legal theories designed to increase the scope of fair use. In addition, this program will offer a case study on dealing with the ethical obligations and practical diffi culties of providing service in the current environment. What limits are necessary? Are there alternative means of providing service?

Speaker(s): 
Ryan Overdorf, Coordinator, Moderator and Speaker, University of Toledo, College of Law Library
Rebecca L. Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center