Managing Global Copyright Issues: What You Need to Know About Foreign Copyright

摘要

In the pre-lnternet days, global copyright management included photocopying an article in a U.S. office and mailing or faxing it to an office in London. With the Internet, enterprises are faced with myriad new copyright issues, from posting an audio recording on their Web sites, to accessing from abroad a licensed database梩o dealing with rights such as moral rights, which are much more limited in the U.S. than elsewhere. Keeping up with technology is difficult enough, so where does a librarian begingrappling with global copyright issues? First, it is important to know as much as possible about your own country's copyright laws. Your country's copyright law will continue to govern the majority of your copyright use issues.