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Copyright and Fair UseFair Use: when is it possible to use someone else's work without permission?Library of Congress Fair Use Flier 102 There are times when the author's right to protection is exempted, and this is called "Fair Use". There are 4 factors to be considered when determining, on a case-by-case basis, whether the use is fair:
Copyright law protects authors' intellectual property and applies to works fixed in any tangible medium (US Code §102 (1994)). Original works are now (since 1989) covered by copyright law without being registered with the Copyright Office and do not need to have a copyright notice. Copyright basics (U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress) Who owns?Specific information with regard to faculty/university copyright ownership issues may be found in the Faculty-Staff Handbook (Section 6580)Other resources:Copyright is a very specialized area of law. The guidelines for reserve (in-library and electronic) are based on provisions for Fair Use in the U.S. Copyright Act, as well as FERPA, which governs the privacy of student records and papers. Here are links that may answer specific questions about copyright. They are being provided as a convenience and the University of Idaho Library bears no responsibility for the accuracy of the information presented within.Copyright Basics (U.S. Copyright Office) http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf Copyright Resources (U.S. Copyright Office) links to copyright licensing organizations and international organizations http://www.loc.gov/copyright/resces.html Fair Use (Library of Congress) Library of Congress Fair Use Flier 102 University of Idaho Policies (faculty/staff handbook) Reproduction of copyrighted material http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/fsh/6580.html Copyrights, maskworks, and patents http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/fsh/5300.html Resources from Other UniversitiesCopyright & Fair Use (Stanford University Libraries)http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ Copyright and Intellectual Property: table of contents (Association of Research Libraries) http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/copytoc.html Copyright law in the electronic environment (University of Texas System, Georgia Harper) http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/faculty.htm Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States (Cornell University) http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ When Works Pass Into the Public Domain (University of North Carolina, Laura Gasaway) http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm Myths About Copyright10 big myths about copyright explained (Brad Templeton)http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html |