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Lyman, Peter – Educom Review, 1999
Consideration of metaphors related to the Internet focuses on the information superhighway, virtual communities, and digital libraries. Highlights include the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998; the Uniform Commercial Code; equality; privacy; communication; authorship; open software; information management; user fees; library collections; and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Software, Electronic Libraries, Information Management
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Direct linkHoon, Peggy E. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2003
In this article, the author provides a spirited defense of librarians' sometimes controversial role in public and legislative controversies over a wide array of topics including fair use, Internet filters, and digital rights to intellectual property. She argues that librarians cannot solve the copyright conundrum for their universities by…
Descriptors: Librarians, Copyrights, Access to Information, Academic Libraries
