Biomaterial Database

Copyright law: how it affects your hospital and you. 1987

S A Owen

Catawba-Wateree Health Education Consortium, Inc., Lancaster, South Carolina.

Nurse administrators, inservice educators, and other nursing supervisors need to be aware of how copyright law affects the use of educational materials in hospitals, medical centers, and nursing homes. The United States' Copyright Act of 1976, along with Congressional guidelines and federal rulings, have a great deal to say regarding photocopying, off-air videotaping, and use of materials borrowed from lending libraries. Examples of copyright infringement are given, with suggestions for avoiding them.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009040	Motion Pictures	The art, technique, or business of producing motion pictures for entertainment, propaganda, or instruction.	Film,Motion Picture,Movie,Cinema,Films,Films as Topic,Movies,Movies as Topic,Cinemas,Films as Topics,Movies as Topics,Picture, Motion,Pictures, Motion
D009718	Nurse Administrators	Nurses professionally qualified in administration.	Nurse Executives,Nurse Managers,Administrator, Nurse,Administrators, Nurse,Executive, Nurse,Executives, Nurse,Manager, Nurse,Managers, Nurse,Nurse Administrator,Nurse Executive,Nurse Manager
D009729	Nursing	The field of nursing care concerned with the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health.	Nursings
D010506	Periodicals as Topic	Works about publications issued at stated, more or less regular, intervals.	Journals as Topic,Magazines,Newsletters,Magazine,Newsletter
D003308	Copying Processes	Reproduction of data in a new location or other destination, leaving the source data unchanged, although the physical form of the result may differ from that of the source.	Duplicating Processes,Photocopying,Copying Process,Duplicating Process,Process, Copying,Process, Duplicating,Processes, Copying,Processes, Duplicating
D003309	Copyright	It is a form of protection provided by law. In the United States this protection is granted to authors of original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. (from Circular of the United States Copyright Office, 6/30/2008)	Copyrights
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000288	Administrative Personnel	Individuals responsible for the development of policy and supervision of the execution of plans and functional operations.	Administrators,Policy Makers,Administrator,Personnel, Administrative,Policy Maker
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D014743	Videotape Recording	Recording of visual and sometimes sound signals on magnetic tape.	Tape Recording, Video,Videotapes,Recording, Video Tape,Recording, Videotape,Recordings, Video Tape,Recordings, Videotape,Tape Recordings, Video,Video Tape Recording,Video Tape Recordings,Videotape,Videotape Recordings