Copyright

I recently purchased a copy of a DVD at the request of a professor. I believe that the professor intends to show this film in class.

Many libraries/archives hold unpublished materials whose creators are deceased, but are still protected by copyright since copyright lasts 70 years after death.

[This question comes from a regional BOCES.]

The library has been discussing new ways to handle our discards.

[We got a question from an academic library...]

I have a question about using copyrighted materials in my classes.

We have received several questions about setting graduation ceremonies to music and streaming them or recording them and sharing them with students.

We at [redacted higher ed institution] are considering digitizing our past yearbooks and storing them in an institutional repository which has the option of materials being password

An academic librarian relayed this question from a researcher/author:

The CASE Act has a provision for libraries to preemptively opt out of CCB proceedings. If we opt out at the institutional level, does that cover individual library employees?

My institution subscribes to the "Kurzweil Reading Program", a "Text-to-Speech" product for those with reading impairments (dyslexia, English language learners, blind/vision imp