Copyrights and Distance Education

Objective: To provide information concerning copyrights and distance education.

 

 

DO DO NOT
Utilize your school's copyright policy Hesitate to ask permission
Provide instructor and

staff training

Copy to avoid purchase of a text
Give proper copyright credit
Show performance of AV works
Be aware of the law  
Label equipment that may be

used for unauthorized copying

 

 

CAN DISPLAY CAN NOT DISPLAY
Text, photos, charts, maps, illustrations
Full motion video, DVDs, etc
Static computer displays
Consecutive images from slideset,

filmstrip, or 16 mm

Single stills from video, DVD, etc Audio from dramatic work
Portions of audio from non-dramatic musical
Live performance of play or musical

 

 

 

 

Remember: If it moves, it is not allowed. The key to distance education is small parts, limited times, and with limited access.

 

 

Links


Copyright and Fair Use Information

http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/fairuse.html

 

Avoiding Intellectual Property Problems
http://www.piercelaw.edu/TFIELD/plfip/plfipCom.htm

Copyright Law in the Electronic Environment (Faculty) http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm#top

Distance Learning Fair Use Guidelines: A Summary of Concerns http://www.arl.org/access/eres/erespolicies.shtml

Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Distance Learning http://www.horizon.unc.edu/projects/resources/intellectual_property.asp

CONFU: The Conference on Fair Use http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/confu.htm

Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/copypol2.htm