21st Century Learning and Teaching

Basic Copyright Principles

The Law. Copyright laws protect original works of authorship. The Copyright Act gives the owner of a copyright the exclusive right to do and authorize others to do certain things in regard to a copyrighted work, including: make copies, distribute the work, display or perform the work publicly, and create derivative works. These exclusive rights are subject to only limited exceptions. In academia, the five major exceptions to the copyright owner's exclusive rights are: fair use, the face-to-face teaching exception, the distance-learning exception (codified in the 2002 TEACH Act), the first-sale doctrine, and the library and archives exception. Note that there is no over-arching copyright exception for academic uses; academic journals and text publishers expect royalties for use of their content.

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- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/what-you-should-know-about-copyright/