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Umpqua Community College expects all faculty, staff, and students to make a reasonable effort in good faith to comply with copyright laws (contained in Title 17 of the United States Code) in their use of copyrighted materials. One of the more important limitations of a copyright holder is the doctrine of "fair use,” as codified in section 107 of the copyright law.
Understanding copyright law and the fair use exception can be very difficult. Faculty, staff, and students need to make an effort to educate themselves regarding the limits of fair use and should perform a careful analysis based on the four factors identified in the federal Copyright Act. There are many excellent resources available for helping to determine appropriate educational use of copyrighted materials. Some of these are listed below:
- Copyright Decision Map from the University of Minnesota Libraries provides a step by step method to determine "fair use" of a copyright protected work. The Fair Use Analysis Tool walks you through a four factor review of your proposed use.
- Questions and Answers on Copyright for the Campus Community from the National Association of College Stores, which also provides a Copyright Permission Request Form.
- University of Texas "Crash Course in Copyright" provides a handy, yet fairly thorough, guide to "Fair Use". There is also a Teach Act update. The Teach Act expands the scope of educators' rights to perform and display works and to make the copies integral to such performances and displays for digital distance education. This site also provides information to help sort out who owns what, for example, faculty member or institution, and offers guidance on contracts and determining "copyrightable expression."
- Copyright on the Internet "addresses U.S. copyright issues of concern to those who post to or own email lists or have put up web pages. It
also deals with situations where someone might want to forward or archive another's email posting or to copy material from
another web page." by Thomas G. Field, Jr., from the Franklin Pierce Law Center.
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Copyright and Fair Use from Stanford University.
- Copyright Basics from the American Bar Association
- Albion College Copyright Handbook
has been compiled for their staff to answer everyday copyright questions, including
computer scanning, student use of copyrighted materials for class projects,
copying for classroom use, and a lot more useful information.
- Copyright Clearance Center provides links to copyright-related web sites, commercial services, such as, "academic permissions service" for instructors providing coursepacks or course handouts, and electric course content services.
- United States Copyright Office provides access to general information, publications, copyright law, and the ability to search copyright information, including records of registrations and ownership documents since 1978.
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This page was last updated on 10-12-06.