Book Review: Copyright and Course Reserves: Legal Issues and Best Practices for Academic Libraries

• Autores: Anja Simonsen (res.)
• Localización: Library Resources and Technical Services, ISSN 0024-2527, Vol. 67, Nº. 4, 2023, págs. 146-147
• Idioma: inglés

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  • Copyright and Course Reserves: Legal Issues and Best Practices for Academic Libraries

    Carla S. Myers

    Santa Barbara, CA: : Libraries Unlimited

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• Resumen

  • From the creation of the first US federal copyright law in 1790 to the present, those charged with interpreting its meaning have faced a daunting task. Mark Twain joked near the turn of the twentieth century, “Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.” Anticipating the passage of the 1976 Copyright Act, The New York Times predicted, “no bells are likely to ring [in celebration].” Why? “The matter is simply too technical, complicated and cumbersome for anyone but specialists to get very excited.”