copyright and the Internet

[gretchen hoffmann]

Hi, everyone,

I'm a previous BI librarian now working on my J.D. at the University of 
Texas.  As you might guess, I'm particularly interested in legal issues 
affecting librarians.  I'm doing some writing right now on copyright issues 
and the Internet.  I would like to get your input on problems you've 
encountered regarding copyright and the Internet, questions you've had, 
difficulties you've seen with your patrons...basically, what do you think 
you or librarians in general should know about this issue?

(Questions I've run into so far include how do you know when you can 
download an image from the Web to use on your own pages without infringing 
someone's copyright, who owns the email you write at work, and lots of 
questions about electronic reserves.)

Thanks once again for your help!
Gretchen
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  Gretchen McCord Hoffmann
gmhoffmann at mail.utexas.edu
            512-499-0143
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