Copyright Crash Course

Public domain• better tools to identify

those works that actually are in the public domain (Google Book Search library)

• working with other libraries to begin developing best practices to define reasonable searches for copyright owners of different types of works.

Orphan works• often lack sufficient

information to identify their owners, identifying the date on which they would otherwise enter the public domain is also impossible

Fair use of copyrighted materials

Answer these three questions to decide whether you need permission to use a copyrighted work

Four Factor Fair Use TestFactor 1: What is the character of the use?

Factor 2: What is the nature of the work to be used?

Factor 3: How much of the work will you use?

Factor 4: If this kind of use were widespread, what effect would it have on the market for the original or for permissions?

The TEACH Act• The TEACH Act became law in late 2002.

• Copyright law provides educators with a separate set of rights in addition to fair use, to display (show) and perform (show or play) others' works in the classroom. These rights are in Section 110(1) of the Copyright Act and apply to any work, regardless of the medium.

• The TEACH Act authorizes us to digitize works for use in digital distance education, but only to the extent we are authorized to use those works in Section 110(2), and so long as they are not available digitally in a format free from technological protection.

Getting Permission

1.Contact collective rights organizations (CCC) Copyright Clearance Center.

2.Be aware if permission is needed when using image archives, freelance writers, music performance, and play rights., etc.

3.Contact the owner4.Confirm authority to grant

permission5.Getting written permission and

define clearly the scope of what you are being permitted to do.

The Copyright Crash Course Written by Georgia Harper for

the University of Texashttp://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/

Power point by:Sonia Aldape

6340.64Professor: Elizabeth Castillo

The Copyright Crash Course Written by Georgia Harper for

the University of Texashttp://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/

Power point by:Sonia Aldape

6340.64Professor: Elizabeth Castillo