September 05, 2005
Copyright 101
Copyright 101
Submitted by Richard Lanham
Note: This essay began life as a talk delivered at several American campuses during my 2001-02 year as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. I have revised and expanded it for publication here.
I ought to warn you up front that this essay is a one-trick pony: I make only one point. It is not hard to understand but has not been widely understood.
The One Trick
The transfer of information from the printed page to the digital screen has changed the meaning of ownership and authorship in perplexing ways. Our students face these perplexities every day of their learning and working lives—and not only if they use Napster or its epigones to download pop songs. I suggest that we should prepare them, in some formal way, for the intellectual property questions which are now an ordinary part of their lives. A course in copyright—we can call it “Copyright 101” —would be a good place to begin. I offer some suggestions about how such a course might develop."
http://www.academiccommons.org/commons/essay/lanham-copyright-101
June 11, 2005
Guide to Using Copyrighted Media in Your Courses
A guide to help faculty determine the appropriate copyright guidelines they must follow to use different types of copyright protected materials in their courses.
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/copyright/
January 12, 2005
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Networked E-Learning
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Networked E-Learning
A Beginners Guide for Content Developers
This guide aims to provide a user-friendly introduction to IPR issues for e-learning content developers and managers. It is intended to act as a point of entry to the field of IPR in e-learning that will provide a good foundation for building expertise in the e-learning developer community. It deals with the basic aspects of IPR, especially copyright, in e-learning content development, with an emphasis on reusing third party materials to create new resources. The guide has been written by an e-learning content developer who has had to deal with these issues in practice. The style of the guide is practical and approachable with many useful tips and observations but it also provides a sketch of the wider issues. It also provides flow diagrams, templates, case studies and further sources of information and guidance.
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/publications/johncasey_1.htm
July 13, 2004
Copyright info
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
Peter Hirtle, Cornell Copyright Information Center
May 12, 2004
Free for Education Mark
The Free for Education mark indicates that material may be freely used for educational purposes. The mark may be applied by anyone to any material in which they own the copyright provided they agree with the conditions set out in these pages.
http://www.aesharenet.com.au/ffe/index.asp
May 11, 2004
Common Scenarios of Fair Use
Common Scenarios of Fair Use Issues: Posting Materials on Course Management Systems The following scenarios encompass common examples of the application of fair use when instructors post materials on Oncourse, Angel, or other course
management system (CMS). Because fair use seldom offers simple, clean, concise rules--and every situation will have its own set of facts--these scenarios should help instructors make fair-use determinations. Fair use is based on an application of four factors set forth in the Copyright Act. For a further discussion of fair use, see: Copyright Management Center: Fair Use Issues.
http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/fuscenarios.htm