The CNI Copyright and Intellectual Property Forum (CNI-COPYRIGHT). This forum is hosted by the Coalition for Networked Information, using the CREN ListProcessor v 7.2 (see below). ABOUT THE CNI-COPYRIGHT FORUM: Copyright issues pervade our lives affecting everything from the labels on the cans of soft drinks to the things we watch on television to all the things we read. It has a tremendous effect on networking activities as evidenced by the number of lists which discuss copyright issues from time to time. But it is often misunderstood, subject to easy misinterpretation and at times very complicated. Many people simply throw out copyright questions to any list hoping to get an answer that makes some sense. Others who have an interest in copyright per se find themselves trying to monitor dozens of lists in order to get into a regular flow of copyright discussions. This list is being organized to give those who ask, answer, and discuss copyright questions of any type a forum for discussion. Discussion will not be limited to any one area such as copyright for electronic materials. Potential areas of discussion include: o What is in the public domain? o How do you tell if something is in the public domain? o Under what conditions can a document be scanned and posted for anonymous ftp without running into copyright problems? o How does copyright affect distance education? o What are the effects of the Kinko's v. Basics Books case on copying in education? o What will the effects of the Feist opinion be? o and anything else about copyright in a networked environment and related topics that anyone wants to discuss. o Notices about new or interesting articles, books, etc concerning copyright are welcome. TO JOIN THE CNI-COPYRIGHT FORUM: You may join this forum at any time by sending this command as an e-mail note to the Coalition ListProcessor (LISTPROC@CNI.ORG) subscribe e.g. SUBSCRIBE CNI-COPYRIGHT John Doe ARCHIVES OF THE CNI-COPYRIGHT FORUM: Archives of the CNI-COPYRIGHT forum are automatically maintained using the ListProcessor, and are available through FTP, Gopher, or the Listprocessor itself. Information for FTP or Gopher access is contained in the URLs below. URL: ftp://ftp.cni.org/CNI/forums/cni-copyright URL: gopher://gopher.cni.org:70/11/cniftp/forums/cni-copyright Requests to retrieve or search archives from the ListProcessor can be submitted via e-mail. All commands submitted via electronic mail should be placed in the body of the message, not in the Subject field of the header. Please omit extaneous text, such as signiature files from the body of the message. To receive an index of all files in the archive of CNI-COPYRIGHT, send this command (as an e-mail) note to LISTPROC@CNI.ORG INDEX CNI-COPYRIGHT ABOUT LISTPROCESSOR: The Corporation for Research and Educational Networking has acquired ownership rights to the Unix list-management software developed by Anastasios Kotsikonas ("Tasos") and known as "ListProcessor" and "ListProc". Version 6.0c (the last free release) of ListProcessor remains available at no cost for non-commercial use (ftp://cs-ftp.bu.edu/pub/listserv). CREN has continued to develop this software, and the Coalition is currently using version 7.2 of the CREN ListProcessor. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS FORUM: All questions regarding the substance of, or policies related to, the postings on this forum should be directed to the list's moderator Mary Brandt Jensen All queries regarding difficulties with mail or requests for technical assistance with the ListProcessor should be addressed to the list owner Craig A. Summerhill ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION: In addition to the FTP, Gopher, and ListProcessor access to archives of this list, the Coalition also archives CNI-COPYRIGHT using a full-text indexing system called BRS/SEARCH. In order to search the archives using this system: telnet a.cni.org login: brsuser (all lower case, no password required) Once you have logged in, select '1' on the main menu to "Search/Select a Database" and then choose the 'COPY' database. Results can be mailed back to yourself using the 'P/E -- Print Email' function. Be sure to specify your e-mail address using a fully qualified domain name e.g. user1234 #not valid user1234@host.domain #valid Finally, Terry Carroll has written a Copyright FAQ. We attempt to keep the most recent one available in the CNI-COPYRIGHT archives at all times. You may wish to consult this FAQ prior to posting a question to the list. The FAQ is stored in six parts. To retrieve the first part, send this command (as an e-mail note) to the address LISTPROC@CNI.ORG GET CNI-COPYRIGHT FAQ.PART1 The other files are named FAQ.PART2, FAQ.PART3, etc. COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION: The Coalition for Networked Information pursues its mission with the assistance of a task force of over two hundred institutions and organizations that provides focus and resources which are crucial to the ability of the Coalition to articulate and share visions of how information management must change in the 1990s to meet the social and economic opportunities and challenges of the 21st century. Members of the Coalition Task Force include, among others, higher education institutions, publishers, network service providers, computer hardware, software, and systems companies, library networs and organizations, and public and state libraries, a truly expert and diverse collaboration of stake-holders in information resource management. Currently 212 organizations and institutions are members of the Coalition Task Force.