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Sarah Hougton-Jan's Library

Good technology resource blog mentioned by Sarah Houghton-Jan during her T is for Training Interview

Robin Hastings upcoming Blogging and Lifestreaming book link at Amazon.

"2) In the united States, there is some disagreement about what constitutes "fair use" of copyrighted materials. Comes up most frequently when people are considering use of cartoons or video clips (or playing a movie). Some copyright owners (e.g., Hollywood studios) take the position that even if you are in a nonprofit, educational environment you can't use anything without permission. Other folks (lawyers representing libraries, for example) take a different view. The best advice is to get permission. The costs vary from reasonable (e.g., Scott Adams) to unreasonable (anything from a TV network or major studio). If you choose to live dangerously, the risk varies with the size of the audience, the size of the sponsoring organiation, whether it is a nonprofit or for-profit organization, and whether the presentation (or some reference to it) will be on line. Because of this risk, many organizations are requiring presenters to remove all possibly copyrighted images from presentations, or prove that permission was given."

I shy away from using cartoons, copyrighted pictures and video clips (although I will include a video clip now and then--especially if it's an unpaid gig.) How do others approach the copyright issues of using clips and cartoons?

Mentioned in Feb 26 show.

Culture and Community -- A TEDx conference organized by the NJ Library community.

Hastings provides a complete glossary for using important "Twitter Lingo", as well as a guide to recommended print and web resources for further related reading. As you'll find with each of the other nine Tech Set guides, the discussion is accessible to the novice who wants to learn the technology and how to implement it, as well as the seasoned pro charged with translating "best practice" examples to the local setting and quantifying the results.