Copyright Guideline Information

YC Copyright Documents:

• YC Copyright Guidelines

Copyright Online Resources:

• Complying with the T.E.A.C.H Act & Copyright Issues in Distance Education
• University of Texas Crash Course in Copyright
• The Teach Act Toolkit
• ©Primer

©Primer is an Online Interactive Introduction to the principles of US Copyright for Higher Education. ©Primer provides an overview of the underlying principles behind copyright in the United States and discusses the parameters of use and access of copyrighted material. Center for Intellectual Property, University of Maryland University College, 2002 (updated regularly).

Washington State University has just posted a new web site on copyright law as it applies to higher education. Please visit the site at:

• http://publishing.wsu.edu/copyright/index.html

The site features a plain english narrative explaining the common copyright issues that arise in higher education. The text is supported by click-on footnotes to legal authority. Also embellishing the visual and entertainment appeal are several photos copied and posted in the site legally under applicable copyright law.

The site is hosted by Marc Lindsey, author of Copyright Law On Campus (WSU Press 2003)

Topics include:

• what is and what is not protected by copyright.
• how copyright protects works under civil and criminal statutory law.
• Public Domain including a link to the Hirtle/Gasaway chart and list of web sites offering public domain copyright-free materials.
• getting permission: why, how and where to get it.
• Fair Use: an attempt to explain the doctrine in laymen's terms and relatively simple instructions in how to apply it.
• perils of downloading music and movies without license.
• rules that apply to libraries

Topics In Progress:

• TEACH Act and distance education
• copyright as it applies to music.
• copyright as it applies to the Internet

Books On Copyright Issues:

• The Copyright Permission and Libel Handbook by Lloyd Jassin; Call number KF 2294 .J3
• Digital Copyright Protection by Peter Wayner; Call number QA 76.9 A 25 W39
• The Copyright Guide by Lee Wilson; Call number KF 2995 .W48
• The Future of Ideas by Lawrence Lessing; Call number K 1401 .L47
• The Copyright Handbook by Stephen Fishman; Call number KF 2995 .F53