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In an age of connected learning, navigating the copyright landscape can be challenging. The following resources may help you as you attempt to answer key copyright questions about content use, re-use, distribution, creation, and more.
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- EDUCAUSE Policy Topic: Intellectual Property
Looking to find out more about copyright, Fair Use, DMCA, and other legislation in this area? This page from the EDUCAUSE Policy office provides a useful overview of IP issues facing higher education. - EDUCAUSE Library: Copyright and IP Policies
Find model campus policies in the EDUCAUSE Library. - Copyright Timeline: A History of Copyright in the United States
This timeline from the Association of Research Libraries is a comprehensive look at the legal evolution of copyright law in the United States. - Copyright Crash Course
From the University of Texas Libraries, this online interactive guide points to copyright’s role in the flow of research and teaching, and helps users understand ownership, management, and sharing of copyrights. - Know Your Copyrights
An online guide from ARL that “looks at copyright from the perspectives of all key academic stakeholders and suggests what each group can do to enhance their copyright practices and advance academic interests. - American University Center for Social Media: Codes of Best Practices in Fair Use
This site features a number of resources related to fair use, including teaching materials, codes of best practices, and other documents. Topics include OpenCourseWare, online video, academic and research libraries, and more. - Orphan Works and Mass Digitization
This Library of Congress site is a review of “the problem of orphan works under U.S. copyright law” and includes links to pertinent works. - ARL Copyright and Intellectual Property
This website provides helpful resources related to Fair Use, author rights, legislation, and international copyright and IP.
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- DMCA FAQ(from the EDUCAUSE Campus Policy Working Group)
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- The TEACH Act amended the Copyright Act; see SEC. 13301. EDUCATIONAL USE COPYRIGHT EXEMPTION for that section of the law.
- See also the ALA website, Distance Education and the TEACH Act, for more information.
- Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)
- Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. HathiTrust et al.
- HathiTrust Copyright Case: Resources (EDUCAUSE)
- Georgia State Copyright Case: Resources(EDUCAUSE)
EDUCAUSE created a page that provides resources related to the Georgia State copyright case (Cambridge University Press et al. v. Patton et al.). This lawsuit brought by several publishers against Georgia State University involves the use of copyrighted materials in e-reserves in higher education, but the impact of the case and its potential results may be far more reaching. - UCLA Streaming Video Lawsuit
Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Copyright
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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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Higher Education & Entertainment Industry Discuss Implementation of HEOA Peer-to-Peer Provisions, April 2012
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April 19, 2012
On April 11, 2012, members of the higher education community and representatives from the entertainment industry met in Washington DC for a one-day bilateral forum jointly sponsored by EDUCAUSE …
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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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CU Student Copyright Site
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August 20, 2009
Student created Video/tutorial copyright site at CU Boulder. Includes a file sharing awareness video. A link to the CU Bouder copyright policy page is also included. …
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EDUCAUSE submits comments on the proposed PIPA legislation
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May 25, 2011
Today EDUCAUSE, together with other interested entities, has submitted comments on the proposed PIPA legislation (see previous post ). The comments address higher education’s concern …
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Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (PIPA)
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May 25, 2011
Senator Leahy (D-VT) recently introduced revised legislation to target websites aimed at enabling copyright and trademark infringement, “ The Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creati…
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Updating Intellectual Property Enforcement Laws
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May 11, 2011
The Administration recently issued 20 legislative recommendations to Congress that are designed to improve intellectual property enforcement. Because of the high profit margin and shorter p…
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University of Wisconsin Student Orientation Video - Understanding File Sharing
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January 24, 2008
This is a University of Wisconsin student orientation video on the importance of understanding file sharing. This is a University of Wisconsin …
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Are universities protecting students from the RIAA?
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October 18, 2007
The author suggests that schools may be purposely not retaining IP logging data on students to protect them from copyright infringement lawsuits. …
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CU-Boulder Procedures on File Sharing
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August 16, 2007
This CU-Boulder procedures on copyright violations describes their “three strikes” process of dealing with students who violate policy. This …
