Compact Copyright: Quick Answers to Common Questions, Second Edition

When faculty, students, and colleagues come to you with legal questions and you suddenly find yourself in the thick of a copyright conundrum, you don’t need pages of historical background information and long-winded legal explanations — you need answers, fast. Previously included in Choice's Top 75 Titles and Resources for Community College Libraries, this bestselling book gives you just that, succinctly addressing common head-scratchers and scenarios in a way that you will lead you to accurate answers quickly. Ideal for on-the-fly reference, staff training, and LIS instruction, Benson’s guide provides excerpts from the law itself alongside tools and suggested additional resources for digging deeper. Compact Copyright

• skillfully explains legal principles in plain language for more than 50 of the most common real-life scenarios library workers face;
• includes new chapters on cutting-edge developments such as AI, separability, and copyright and data;
• provides a primer on contracts and licensing basics, including Creative Commons licensing;
• explores key topics like the First Sale doctrine, Fair Use, public domain, making copies for preservation, the TEACH Act, interlibrary loan, sovereign immunity, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA);
• offers pointers on access to copyrighted material for patrons with disabilities and other concepts related to accessibility;
• discusses select international copyright library issues; and
• includes a Fair Use checklist, copyright and film screening best practices, and additional recommended reading and materials.