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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Copyright and Intellectual Property Policies
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Course Rights in Cyberspace: Ownership Issues in Online Education
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February 13, 2013
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A session at the West/Southwest Regional Conference
The growing enthusiasm for and application of online digital media for delivering higher education have raised serious questions of ownership and conflicts over control of courses in cyberspace. …
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A Case for Fair Use: The Georgia State Decision (5/15/12)
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May 18, 2012
This policy brief summarizes the long-awaited opinion released May 11, 2012 in the Georgia State University e-reserves copyright infringement case, and provides analysis of what this means for h…
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Next Steps in the Georgia State Case
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June 4, 2012
On May 31, 2012, the plaintiffs (i.e., Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Sage Publications) in the Georgia State University (GSU) electronic reserves case, filed a propo…
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New Policy Brief, "A Case for Fair Use: The Georgia State Decision"
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May 21, 2012
A new EDUCAUSE Policy brief from Policy Specialist Joan Cheverie summarizes the long-awaited opinion released May 11, 2012 in the Georgia State University e-reserves copyright infringement case,…
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Lance Eaton
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Coordinator of Instructional Design
North Shore Community College
Danvers, Massachusetts
UNITED STATES
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Is It Fair? Is It Legal? Using Active Learning to Teach About Intellectual Property and Citation Ethics
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March 29, 2011
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2011
The panel discussion will explore ways of educating students about issues of information ownership, including plagiarism, copyright, and fair use. The panelists, from Dartmouth and MassArt, have de…
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Annual Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement
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April 4, 2012
On Friday, March 31, 2012, the White House issued its Annual Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement . The 130-page document outlines the Administration’s achievements in and strategi…
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Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings
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December 30, 2011
The U.S. Copyright Office has issued its report on Federal Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings. The report, prepared after receiving written and oral input from stakeholders, reco…
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Painful Lesson on Patents
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October 2, 2009
Federal court's ruling denying Stanford rights to researcher's invention points to tension over policies on institutional vs. faculty ownership. …
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Copyright Resources at Xavier University
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September 1, 2009
This copyright page includes various resources such as FAQs, Handouts, Policy, Presentations, Tutorials, University/Education Websites and US Copyright Office. …

















