Intellectual Property Information for Faculty
For faculty in their capacity as users of intellectual property created by others
Fair Use
In addition to the Policies above, all faculty are required to read the CUA Copyright Guidelines, which spells out how to comply with the CUA's Copyright Policy.
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education: Published by American University's Center for Social Media: A new guide to fair use, issued in November 2008. The guide offers free advice to professors who wish to incorporate moving image media; sound media, images, web sites and all other types of media into their lecutures. This guide identifies five principles that represent the media literacy education community’s current consensus about acceptable practices for the fair use of copyrighted materials. The guide was created with the assistance of more than 150 educators, and reviewed by a panel of lawyers who are experts in fair use.
Know your Copyrights: Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Web Page on using copyrighted works in the academic setting. This is a great new resource that features questions and answers, a brochure for faculty and teaching assistants, and a section on planning campus outreach. The brochure can be purchased in print form from the ARL, but can also be accessed on the web site, and may be customized for use on your own campus pursuant to a Creative Commons license. See especially the What you Can Do Chart.
American Library Association Statement on Fair Use and Electronic Reserves
March 2004 statement on how IHEs are applying fair use with respect to electronic reserves, drafted with the assistance of Georgia Harper and Peggy Hoon. This statement was endorsed by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) of ALA, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Association of American Law Libraries (AALL), the Medical Library Association (MLA), and the Special Libraries Association (SLA).
Making Copies: Student Handouts or Coursepacks
Statutory Exemptions for Specific Situations
Teach Summary Chart: This chart is a comparison of prior and current law governing the use of copyrighted materials in instructional activities. The chart covers face-to-face instruction (17 USC § 110 (1)), distance education (former 17 USC § 110 (2)) and the TEACH Act (17 USC § 110 (2)).This chart was created by Steve McDonald, General Counsel at Rhode Island School of Design, and is used with his permission.
Public Domain
What is the Public Domain: A short summary explaining the concept of the Public Domain
Copyright Term and The Public Domain in the United States: A very helfpul chart offered by Cornell.
Visual Art
The Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) is a section of the US Copyright Code that protects certain rights of artists. See a discussion of the law by College Art Association's legal counsel that was published in CAA News in 2002 (see page 6).
Copyright and Digital Images: A guide to when you can safely use images on the web and in your courses. Note that the law is in a state of flux in this area, and that new resources for faculty are being created all of the time.
Permissions
Obtaining Permission to Use Copyrighted Works for Educational Use: Discusses all types of media. By Ken Crews, the IUPUI Copyright Management Center.
For faculty in their capacity as creators of intellectual property
Draft IP Ownership This policy is a draft created during Academic Year 2006-2007 at the request of then Provost John Convey.
Keep Your Copyrights: A Resource for Creators
KeepYourCopyrights.org was developed by the Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts and the Program on Law & Technology at Columbia Law School.
Scholars Copyright Addendum Engine: Allows user to generate a PDF form that can be attached to a journal publisher's copyright agreement. This form allows faculty to retain certain intellectual property rights.
SPARC Author Resources: This page is offered by the Scholary Publishing and Academic Resources Coaltion.
Other Resources, including copyright tutorials
New Copyright Crash Course: Georgia Harper's new Copyright Crash Course: Posted November 2007. Excellent graphics and a very clean layout that makes the site easy to use. Also updated to inlcude links to blogs and more. A key resource for faculty.
Copyright Law Presentations for Faculty: By Georgia Harper, copyright attorney and of counsel to the University of Texas on copyright issues.
Campus Copyright Rights and Responsibilities: A Basic Guide to Policy Considerations
This booklet was produced by a joint task force of the America Association of University Presses, The Association of America Publishers, the Association of American Universities, and the Association of Research Libraries. The booklet is intended to provide guidelines to colleges and universities who wish to create (or supplement an existing) policy for the creation, distribution, use and management of copyrighted works on campus.
Copyright Online Tutorial: Questions and answers surrounding typical copyright situations facing academics.
Copyright 101 Tutorial Brigham Young University
This comprehensive web page includes movies, modules, case studies and more. The topics are basic copyright, fair use, and scenarios that arise on campus.
The Copyright of your Thesis or Dissertation: Information on this process for students in your department. Includes a link to a New Media, new Rights and Your New Dissertation.
Copyright Guidelines for Exhibiting Movies and Other Audiovisual Works: This outline and flow chart were created by Steve McDonald, General Counsel at Rhode Island School of Design, and are used with his permission.
links updated 6/10/08 rab
Last Revised 13-Nov-08 10:16 AM.
