<div><div dir="auto">This response on PUBLIB has great information about copyright and doing online storytimes. I thought some of you would find it very useful.</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Donald B. Reynolds</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:don.reynolds2030@gmail.com">don.reynolds2030@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 11:01 AM<br>Subject: Re: [PubLib] Online storytimes and copyright issues<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:PUBLIB@oclclists.org">PUBLIB@oclclists.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div>Deana  -</div><div>Here are a couple of resources to answer your question:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">---------- Forwarded message ---------</span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Date: Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 12:37 PM</span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Subject: <b>Online or video story time and fair use.</b></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">I received your message about online story time.  I’m the copyright specialist for ALA, and while I cannot provide you with legal advice, here is my professional opinion.</span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Because of exigent circumstances (the closing of library etc due to the virus), your use of online technology to deliver story time is a clear fair use, meaning that it is not an infringement to conduct these public performances. </span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none;color:#000000">Here is a good explanation of why this is true: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://kylecourtney.com/2020/03/11/covid-19-copyright-library-superpowers-part-i/__;!!Oai6dtTQULp8Sw!Fj3Ki-veTlN_73lgubHbMu0JwMbXbl1u0OnBMLU9Q5YL09FepzFPLtCemFTwGsXwuAOISpU$" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">https://kylecourtney.com/2020/03/11/covid-19-copyright-library-superpowers-part-i/</span></a></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Some book publishers are making public statements that it’s okay for libraries to conduct online story time considering what is going on in the world.  This is a very nice gesture but I want you to also understand, that even without publisher approval, this use is a fair use.  The social benefits far outweigh any revenue that rights holders would otherwise collect.</span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Good luck!</span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);min-height:16px"><br></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Carrie Russell</b></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Director  Public Policy and Advocacy  </span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><span style="font-kerning:none">ALA Washington Office                                                              </span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><a href="mailto:crussell@alawash.org" target="_blank">crussell@alawash.org</a></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(254,254,254);min-height:16px"><br></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>A Crisis - as in School Closures Due to Coronavirus—Justifies Fair Use, Say Librarians</b></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-kerning:none"><a href="https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=librarians-address-copyright-concerns-argue-fair-use-applies-amid-academic-closures-coronavirus-covid19" target="_blank">https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=librarians-address-copyright-concerns-argue-fair-use-applies-amid-academic-closures-coronavirus-covid19</a></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(38,38,38);min-height:16px"><br></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Public Statement of Library Copyright Specialists: Fair Use & Emergency Remote Teaching & Research </b> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-kerning:none"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10baTITJbFRh7D6dHVVvfgiGP2zqaMvm0EHHZYf2cBRk/edit#heading=h.yrwelxtxcfgr" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/10baTITJbFRh7D6dHVVvfgiGP2zqaMvm0EHHZYf2cBRk/edit#heading=h.yrwelxtxcfgr</a></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(38,38,38);min-height:16px"><br></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Tackling Copyright Concerns When Taking Storytime Online</b></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-kerning:none"><a href="https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=tackling-copyright-concerns-when-taking-storytime-online" target="_blank">https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=tackling-copyright-concerns-when-taking-storytime-online</a></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:rgb(254,254,254);min-height:16px"><br></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Publishers Adapt Policies To Help Educators</b></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-kerning:none"><a href="https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=publishers-adapt-policies-to-help-educators-coronavirus-covid19" target="_blank">https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=publishers-adapt-policies-to-help-educators-coronavirus-covid19</a></span><span style="font-kerning:none;color:#000000">        </span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(254,254,254);min-height:16px"><br></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Author Kate Messner</b> has a <a href="https://www.katemessner.com/publisher-guidelines-on-fair-use-for-online-storytimes-read-alouds-during-covid-19-school-closures" target="_blank"><span style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,255)">page to track publisher permissions </span></a>for using their books for online storytimes.</span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.katemessner.com/publisher-guidelines-on-fair-use-for-online-storytimes-read-alouds-during-covid-19-school-closures/" target="_blank">https://www.katemessner.com/publisher-guidelines-on-fair-use-for-online-storytimes-read-alouds-during-covid-19-school-closures/</a></span><span>  </span></div></div></blockquote><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);min-height:16px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(254,254,254);min-height:16px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:16px"><span style="background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">Cheers  -  Don</span><font color="#262626"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(38,38,38);min-height:16px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:rgb(254,254,254);min-height:16px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(254,254,254);min-height:16px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 23, 2020, at 12:26 PM, Deana Cunningham <<a href="mailto:dcunningham@ALAMANCELIBRARIES.ORG" target="_blank">dcunningham@ALAMANCELIBRARIES.ORG</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div>Hi,<br><br><br>Forgive me if this has already been discussed, I have fallen behind on reading listervs lately!<br><br><br>Does anyone have a one-stop-shopping source for checking copyright rules regarding using children's books for online storytimes? The sheer number of individual links staff are coming up with are way too much to check.<br><br><br>Maybe there is a better system someone has devised to streamline this process?<br><br><br>I love that staff are ready to go with programming, and I hate to dampen enthusiasm with too many hoops to jump through, but we want to follow the rules as well.<br><br><br>Thanks in advance (as I may not have time to send individual thanks).<br><br><br>Stay well,<br><br><br>Deana<br><br>Deana Cunningham, MLS<br>Associate Director of Operations<br>Alamance County Public Libraries<br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/342+S.+Spring+St.+Burlington,+NC+27215?entry=gmail&source=g">342 S. Spring St.</a><br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/342+S.+Spring+St.+Burlington,+NC+27215?entry=gmail&source=g">Burlington, NC 27215</a><br>336-290-8679<br></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div>
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letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(174,25,22)"><span><i>~ Sidone Gabrielle Colette</i></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(85,19,107);min-height:12px"><span></span><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(85,19,107)"><span><b>Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet!</b></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(85,19,107);min-height:12px"><span></span><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255)"><span>Since retiring, I wake up in the morning with nothing to do -</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255)"><span>and by bedtime it's only half done. </span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255)"><span><i>~ Bill Yates, </i><b><i>small society</i></b></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:12px"><span></span><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(148,33,147)"><span>God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things -</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(148,33,147)"><span>right now, I'm so far behind, I will never die.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(148,33,147)"><span><i>~ Anonymous</i></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(85,19,107);min-height:12px"><span></span><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,143,0);font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span>May the good Lord make you smart enough to live in a small town.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,143,0);font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span><i>~ Radio news announcer in </i><b><i>The Runaway Bride</i></b></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:12px"><span></span><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span>He who reads books knows more.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(237,69,205);min-height:12px"><span></span><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(237,69,205)"><span>It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(237,69,205)"><span><i>~ Harry Truman</i></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(237,69,205);min-height:12px"><span></span><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,45,34)"><span>Take change by the hand before it takes you by the throat.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,45,34)"><span><i>~ Sam McKinney</i></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:12px"><span></span><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span>Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span><i>~ Irene Peter</i></span></div>
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