The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Key Issues for Serialists

• Published in: The Serials librarian Vol. 40; no. 1-2; pp. 85 - 103
• Main Authors: Davis, Trisha L., Fiander, P. Michelle
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Taylor & Francis Group 14.06.2001; Haworth Press; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: Copyright; Digital Millennium Copyright Act, USA; Electronic periodicals; Electronic publishing; Exact sciences and technology; Federal legislation; Implications for; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Legal aspects : intellectual property, producer responsability. Ethics; Librarians; Libraries; Library and information science. General aspects; Library materials; Sciences and techniques of general use; USA; United States; North America; America; US; Copyright; Serial; Stock management; Legislation; Legal aspect; Evolution; Fair use; Influence; Library; Electronic information
• ISSN: 0361-526X; 1541-1095
• DOI: 10.1300/J123v40n01_09

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is an extremely complex piece of legislation that makes major changes to U.S. Copyright Law, specifically in the digital networked environment. Many legal and practical issues are addressed in this legislation that have an enormous impact on the library community. This session will outline the key issues for libraries and alert serialists to the issues that directly or indirectly affect their work. Whether we are concerned with access, delivery, preservation, or archiving, the DMCA affects what we do on a daily basis. In the near future, as the law is being applied and tested in court, libraries must actively identify its impact on their mission and goals, and work to assure proper protection under the law.