In the meantime, he said, "we've made a determination that any materials used in a course packet will have the required copyright permission."

With digital technology, the often cumbersome process of securing copyright permission and making royalty payments is also being simplified.

Many of the disk jockeys who make these tapes, however, do not have copyright permission to use the works.

The more copyright permissions are granted to the general public, the more open the content is.

Robert Langley was charged with, and denied, 12 counts of producing and selling products without copyright permission.

"Putting things up on the Internet without getting copyright permission wouldn't be right," she said.

The copyright permissions on open textbooks extend to all members of the public and cannot be rescinded.

Please obtain written copyright permission from the author (joannayeoh@gmail.com) before reproducing any information and images for print or digital use.

If no copyright permission is granted from the originator, it is instead called a 'copy'.

They believe the proposal fails to recognize the need for copyright permission from authors and/or publishers.