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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Forwarded from the NINCH list. Judy -------------Forwarded Message----------------- From: David Green, INTERNET:[log in to unmask] To: Multiple recipients of list, INTERNET:[log in to unmask] Date: 6/9/97 2:17 AM RE: ALAWON v6, n45 - FAIR USE JOINT STATEMENT RELEASED (fwd) NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT June 7, 1997 Following up on my earlier report on the May 19 CONFU Meeting, I'm forwarding a joint statement by library, cultural and educational organizations that NINCH has endorsed on the future of the work, discussion and collaborative endeavor embodied by the Conference on Fair Use. David Green > ================================================================= > ALAWON Volume 6, Number 45 > ISSN 1069-7799 June 6, 1997 > > American Library Association Washington Office Newsline > > In this issue: (108 lines) > > CONFERENCE ON FAIR USE JOINT STATEMENT RELEASED > _________________________________________________________________ > > CONFERENCE ON FAIR USE JOINT STATEMENT RELEASED > > As part of ALA's multi-faceted and ongoing efforts to preserve > and promote balanced intellectual property policy, particularly > the vitality of the Fair Use Doctrine in copyright law, the > Association has actively participated in the "Conference on Fair > Use," or "CONFU." After more than two years of productive > discussions, these unofficial discussions and guideline > negotiations ended recently without producing consensus as to the > appropriate scope of fair use for librarians and educators in the > digital environment. > > As technology and society's use of it continues to evolve, the > need in the library, scholarly and educational communities for an > appreciation of both information proprietors' rights and user > privileges like fair use is expected to intensify. Recognizing > its responsibility to meet this need, and to help assure that > fair use and other privileges remain vital in the information > age, ALA has joined 13 other major national library, scholarly > and educational associations in supporting a joint statement > regarding the CONFU process. Significantly, the statement not > only looks back at CONFU, but ahead in outlining a set of > precepts and goals that will guide ALA's future efforts in this > important and controversial policy arena. Specifically, > signatories committed themselves as follows: > > *We will share experiences concerning: the application of new > technology in library and educational environments, "fair > uses" made of copyrighted works, proprietors' responses to > requests for permission to use copyrighted materials, and > sources of helpful information regarding fair use and other > privileges under copyright law; > > *We will participate in organized efforts to capture and > disseminate such information; > > *We will assist in the development of "User Community > Principles" and educator- and librarian-generated "Best > Practices" concerning fair use, distance learning, and other > activities supported by current copyright law; > > *We will work to extend the application of fair use into > digital networked environments in libraries and educational > institutions by relying on it responsibly to lawfully make > creative use of information; > > *We will resist relying on any proposed code of conduct which > may substantially or artificially constrain the full and > appropriate application of fair use; and > > * We will encourage our members to reject any licensing > agreement clause that implicitly or explicitly limits or > abrogates fair use or any other legally conveyed user > privilege. > > Endorsing organizations > > American Association of Law Libraries > American Association of State Colleges and Universities > American Council on Education > American Council of Learned Societies > American Library Association > Association of American Universities > Association of Research Libraries > Medical Library Association > National Association of State Universities & Land-Grant Colleges > National Education Association > National Humanities Alliance > National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage > National School Boards Association > Special Libraries Association > > Visit http://www.ala.org/washoff/confu.html for the full text of > the joint statement and information about fair use and other > intellectual property issues central to libraries and > librarianship. > _________________________________________________________________ > > ALAWON is a free, irregular publication of the American Library > Association Washington Office. To subscribe, send the message: > subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc > @ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. > Visit our Web site at http://www.alawash.org. > > ALA Washington Office 202.628.8410 (V) > 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, #403 202.628.8419 (F) > Washington, DC 20004-1701 800.941.8478 (V) > > Lynne E. Bradley, Editor <[log in to unmask]> > Deirdre Herman, Managing Editor <[log in to unmask]> > > Contributors: Adam Eisgrau > > All materials subject to copyright by the American Library > Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial > purposes with appropriate credits. > ================================================================= -- David Green Executive Director National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH) 21 Dupont Circle, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 (202) 296-5346 Internet: [log in to unmask]