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Copyright and Online Learning

Environments

• Rafia Mirza

• Digital Humanities Librarian

• Josephine Murdock

• Reserves Manager

• Lydia Pyburn

• Off-Campus Services Librarian

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• Copyrighted Materials

• Materials found on the Open Web

• Public Domain

• Fair Use

• Linking• Creative Commons

• Licensed Materials (in our Library)

• Materials found though Library Resources (catalog, databases, etc.)

• Types of Materials

• Materials that can be accessed by a single user

at a time vs. materials than can be accessed by

multiple users at a time

• Audiovisual materials

• Linking

• Reserves

“Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both

published and unpublished works. ”

via copyright.gov

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Copyright• All Rights are Reserved

o This means you must ask for permission for any use not covered by Fair Use

o Without the copyright holder's permission, the work cannot be

• Used

• Adapted

• Copied

• Published

• Modified

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Public Domaino The public domain consists of works that were:

o Created before 1923

• 12 Years a Slave (published 1853)

o Some works after 1923 may be in the public domain, this is

determined on a case by case basis

o Works by the United States Government are considered public domain

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Fair Use

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Fair Use

• “Section 107 [of copyright law] contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair, such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.”

• Section 107 also sets out four factors to be considered in determining whether or not a particular use is fair.o The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of

commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes

o The nature of the copyrighted work

o The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole

o The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work.

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Via U.S. Copyright Office

http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.h

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Linking

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http://flic.kr/p/hR4wBs8

Creative Commons

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Creative Commons

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Licensed Materials(in our Library)

• License agreement

o A contract between two or more parties stipulating permission to use materials for a specific period and cost.

• You can use licensed electronic materials in your classes

o Articles

o Ebookso Audiovisual materials

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Articles in PDF format

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eBooks

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Audiovisual materials• Databases

o Naxos Music Library or Ambrose Streaming Video

• Streaming

o We can get streaming rights for online classes,

but advance notice is required

o Even if the library owns the physical DVDs, you

will need to contact us in advance so we can

make sure we have streaming rights

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Linking

• If allowed by our licensing agreements you

may link to our online articles

o Permalinks versus Dynamic links

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Reserves

• Another Course Management System

o Materials for Print Reserves

o Scan and upload PDF files for E-Reserves

o Link to online articles

o Permanent Links versus Dynamic Links

• Reserves Copyright Guidelines

• Copyright Guidelines for Posting Documents to

Blackboard

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http://libguides.uta.edu/copyright

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Presenters

• Rafia Mirza

• Digital Humanities Librarian

• rafia@uta.edu

• Josephine Murdock

• Reserves Manager

• murdockj@uta.edu

• Lydia Pyburn

• Off-Campus Services Librarian

• llpyburn@uta.edu

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.