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RESOURCES Catalog / Other catalogs Electronic books Databases by Subject / by Title Periodicals & E-Journals / Other lists Search the Internet Citation Style Guides Research Guides Writing Guides Ready Reference Research Tutorials SERVICES Instruction Interlibrary Loan Reference & Consultation Borrowing & Lending Course Reserves Computers & Equipment Information Technology Archives ABOUT THE LIBRARY Hours Contacts Virtual Tour Maps Policies Our Donors FOR FACULTY	Copyright Copyright & Course Reserves \| Copyright & Teaching What is Copyright? Copyright grants its holder the sole legal right to copy works of original expression, such as literary works, movies, musical works, sound recordings, paintings, computer programs, or industrial designs, for a defined period of time. Copyright only pertains to ideas that are in a tangible form. An idea for a movie may not be copyright protected but a screenplay is copyright protected. What is Fair Use? Title 17, Section 107 of the United States Code is the fair use doctrine. This doctrine provides that certain uses of copyrighted works for purposes such as "criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship or research" are permitted without copyright permission. The points to consider in order to determine fair use are: Purpose and character of the use - educational use is permitted Factual or creative nature of the original work - facts such as statistical tables are permitted; a creative analysis of statistics is not permitted Amount and substantive value of the work being copied relative to the work as a whole - a general rule of thumb is that no more than 20% of an original work may be copied Effect of the use on the market for, or value of, the copyrighted work - materials may not be sold or copied and distributed for free. What is Public Domain? Materials in the public domain are free of copyright restrictions. Public domain may include information, knowledge, discoveries, and artistic creation never or no longer protected by copyright. Materials published before 1923 or published after 1923 with no copyright notice or no renewed copyright notice may be in the public domain. Additional information about which materials fall into public domain is available from The Center for the Public Domain. For additional copyright information, the following sites are recommended: Know Your Copy Rights (a brochure for faculty from the Association of Research Libraries) U. S. Copyright Office - Library of Congress American Library Association Copyright & Fair Use (Stanford U.) Crash Course in Copyright (U. of Texas) Copyright Law from Legal Information Institute (Cornell U.) Fair Use & the Digital Environment: A Research Guide Intellectual Property, Copyright, & Fair Use Resources (U. of Albany) For further information, contact Grant Gigee at 774-1496.
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RESOURCES Catalog / Other catalogs Electronic books Databases by Subject / by Title Periodicals & E-Journals / Other lists Search the Internet Citation Style Guides Research Guides Writing Guides Ready Reference Research Tutorials SERVICES Instruction Interlibrary Loan Reference & Consultation Borrowing & Lending Course Reserves Computers & Equipment Information Technology Archives ABOUT THE LIBRARY Hours Contacts Virtual Tour Maps Policies Our Donors FOR FACULTY	Copyright Copyright & Course Reserves \| Copyright & Teaching What is Copyright? Copyright grants its holder the sole legal right to copy works of original expression, such as literary works, movies, musical works, sound recordings, paintings, computer programs, or industrial designs, for a defined period of time. Copyright only pertains to ideas that are in a tangible form. An idea for a movie may not be copyright protected but a screenplay is copyright protected. What is Fair Use? Title 17, Section 107 of the United States Code is the fair use doctrine. This doctrine provides that certain uses of copyrighted works for purposes such as "criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship or research" are permitted without copyright permission. The points to consider in order to determine fair use are: Purpose and character of the use - educational use is permitted Factual or creative nature of the original work - facts such as statistical tables are permitted; a creative analysis of statistics is not permitted Amount and substantive value of the work being copied relative to the work as a whole - a general rule of thumb is that no more than 20% of an original work may be copied Effect of the use on the market for, or value of, the copyrighted work - materials may not be sold or copied and distributed for free. What is Public Domain? Materials in the public domain are free of copyright restrictions. Public domain may include information, knowledge, discoveries, and artistic creation never or no longer protected by copyright. Materials published before 1923 or published after 1923 with no copyright notice or no renewed copyright notice may be in the public domain. Additional information about which materials fall into public domain is available from The Center for the Public Domain. For additional copyright information, the following sites are recommended: Know Your Copy Rights (a brochure for faculty from the Association of Research Libraries) U. S. Copyright Office - Library of Congress American Library Association Copyright & Fair Use (Stanford U.) Crash Course in Copyright (U. of Texas) Copyright Law from Legal Information Institute (Cornell U.) Fair Use & the Digital Environment: A Research Guide Intellectual Property, Copyright, & Fair Use Resources (U. of Albany) For further information, contact Grant Gigee at 774-1496.
© 2005 Frank L. & Helen Childs Boyden Library, Deerfield Academy \| Questions, Concerns or Comments: Contact us PO Box 277, Deerfield, MA 01342 \| Circulation: 413-774-1510 \| Reference: 413-774-1509