Copyright

A teacher wants to make 85 copies of a book that’s out of print. Its author is P. Gordon B. Stillman, who died in 1995, and the book was originally published in 1972 by the More...

Each of our elementary school grades performs a show for students and parents. Are we allowed to use a copyrighted song, such as a Beatles tune, and change its lyrics for the performance? Also, can More...

One of our administrators wants us to purchase a documentary film so students in our sustainability club can see some clips from it. When I visited the film’s website to order a copy, I saw More...

SLJ talks to Rick Riordan about his latest bestseller 'The Red Pyramid,' book one of the Kane Chronicles. More...

Copyright is a universal concern among librarians. But librarians in developing countries can have difficulty locating accurate information on how these laws affect them. Enter Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, which recently More...

The American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) decision to require permission-and potentially a fee-to commercially use its Standards for the 21st-Century Learner has generated ire among its members.'At first I was annoyed, but now getting More...

Of the many debates that raged during last month's American Library Association's Annual Conference in Chicago (a fantastically successful gathering by any measure) none were as virulent as those surrounding the use of the new More...

Copyright. Plagiarism. Fair Use. They're all important issues in the classroom. But do you and your students really understand their true meaning?A series of five lessons specifically designed for media specialists who teach students in More...

Looks like a print version of The Harry Potter Lexicon may see the light of day after all-albeit a different version than the one originally intended for publication.RDR Books, says it plans a January 16 More...

Do you often question whether it's OK to include portions of a book, film, or song in your classroom lesson? What about whether YouTube can be used as a teaching tool? Hopefully, librarians will have More...

Steve Vander Ark won't be publishing The Harry Potter Lexicon after all. U.S. District Judge Robert Patterson has ruled in favor of author J. K. Rowling, who sued Vander Ark last November to stop publication More...

Lots of school and public libraries are hosting gaming tournaments, featuring popular video games like Guitar Hero and Madden Football. Since these games are intended for home use, isn't that similar to purchasing a movie More...

Is it OK for my language arts students to listen to an audiobook from the public library?-Jeanne LaMoore, media specialistMiddle School West, Chaska, MNAbsolutely! If you work in a nonprofit educational institution, audiobooks, CDs, art More...

Four Virginia and Arizona high school students hoping to score a legal hit against Turnitin have been rebuffed: a federal district court judge in Virginia recently threw out their lawsuit, ruling that the plagiarism detection More...

If a well-known author writes and speaks about gays and lesbians in a way that many interpret to be anti-gay, should he be given an award that honors his outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for More...

We broadcast our school's morning announcements on a closed-circuit video system. During the broadcasts, we show student artwork and play various types of music-jazz, classical, opera, folk, etc.-from our library's CD collection. Are we in More...

Harry Potter fans are well aware that J. K. Rowling and Warner Bros. have filed a lawsuit charging copyright infringement by Steve Vander Ark, the Michigan-based creator of the online Harry Potter Lexicon. The Web More...

It used to be that a teacher who wanted to use a newspaper story during class wouldn't think twice about making copies and passing them out to his or her students. But with the explosion More...

One of our teachers would like her students to see a TV program she purchased from iTunes. The program clearly relates to the curriculum, and we can show it on a TV monitor, rather than More...

One of our classes is interested in creating altered books. According to the International Society of Altered Book Artists' (ISABA) Web site (www.alteredbookartists.com), an altered book is 'any book… that has been recycled by creative More...