Overview of content related to 'copyright'

Editorial Introduction to Issue 2

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John Kirriemuir introduces Ariadne issue 2.

Hi, and welcome to issue 2 of Ariadne on the World Wide Web. This issue is particulary diverse in terms of the scope of subjects covered. For example, Charles Oppenheim details some of the legal issues associated with electronic copyright management systems, while Tracey Stanley compares Alta Vista and Lycos, the two main Web-based search engines and Sarah Ormes gives an accurate overview of just how well connected to the Internet public libraries are.

Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib) Update

editor — Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Recently, a wave of new projects under the umbrella of the Electronic Libraries Programme was announced. A consequence of this is that a large majority of the HE institutions in the UK are involved in at least one eLib project (is yours?), as well as many non HE organisations and institutions. Here, we give brief details of some of these new projects.

Recently, a wave of new projects under the umbrella of the Electronic Libraries Programme was announced. A consequence of this is that a large majority of the HE institutions in the UK are involved in at least one eLib project (is yours?), as well as many non HE organisations and institutions.
Here, we give brief details of some of these new projects.

In the Preprints/Grey Literature area, we have three projects:

Formations
Lead Site: University of Ulster
Contact: Nigel Gardner, Dan Fleming (dr.fleming@ulst.ac.uk)

SEREN: Sharing of Educational Resources in an Electronic Network

editor — Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Ian Lovecy from Bangor University describes SEREN, a project from the Electronic Document Delivery section of the eLib programme. SEREN aims to provide the software to enable the Welsh HE community to maximise use of the library resource-base in Wales before turning to BLDSC and other suppliers.

Interface

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Interview with Jill Foster, director of Mailbase and Netskills.

Copyright Corner

editor — Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Charles Oppenheim details some of the legal issues associated with electronic copyright management systems.

The owner of a copyright has the right to prevent others from selling, hiring out or renting, copying it in any form, performing the work in public, broadcasting the work on radio or TV, or amending ("adapting") it. These acts are the so-called restricted acts. Anyone who does any of these acts without permission is deemed to have infringed the copyright and can be sued for damages. Infringement is subject to the requirement that either all the work, or at least a "substantial part" of the work was copied.

Netskills eLib Project Launch

editor — Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000

John Kirriemuir on the Netskills eLib project launch.

On 7th-8th February, John Kirriemuir attended the Netskills launch, which was combined with a Netskills training session; an overview of the event appears below. In addition, pictures of the launch (warning: very large files) are available. In this same edition of Ariadne, you can also find an interview with Jill Foster, the director of Netskills and Mailbase, as well as a more detailed description of the Netskills project.

Checkout Reviews

editor — Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Summary of reviews available from this and other issues of Ariadne.