COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

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What is copyright Copyright for Educators CSUS Copyright Policy Copyright to Public Domain Availability	Copyright Database Related Guides Return to Library Home Page

WHAT IS COPYRIGHT Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following... (information from U.S. Copyright Office website) For more information about Copyright see : COPYRIGHT BASICS from the U.S. Copyright Office at the Library of Congress. The U.S. Copyright office provides all copyright forms for applying for a copyright, circulars and fact sheets for information about copyrights and the process, and reports or studies or reports about copyrights. Copyright & Intellectual Property Policies by the Association of Research Libraries

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COPYRIGHT FOR EDUCATORS See the following links for information/answers on Copyright issues for Educators. Copyright and Fair Use for Teachaers From ASU; a tutorial on the basics of copyright and fair use and their applications in the K-12 classroom Copyright & Fair Use -Academic and Educational Permissions (Stanford Univ) This site from Stanford is a great source for faculty; the Charts and Tools section contains a checklist for Fair Use Baruch College Interactive Guide for Copyright Media This free interactive guide helps faculty determine appropriate guidelines for using different types of copyright media in their classrooms The TEACH Act Toolkit A online resource on understanding copyright and distance education from NCSU Multimedia Seeds Information on using movies, video, or taped broadcasts in the classroom. Copyright/Nolo Press Includes a series of articles such as When Copying Is Okay: The "Fair Use" Rule and Videotape for the Classroom Without Violating Copyright Law

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CSUS COPYRIGHT POLICY CSUS Policy on Copyright and Patent From the CSUS University Policy Manual QuickRef Copyright From UCCS

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COPYRIGHT/PUBLIC DOMAIN AVAILABILITY COPYRIGHT TERM & THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES (Cornell University) This chart provides the term of copyright all types of works (text, sound recordings, architectural) that are published and unpublished in and outside the US, and when they are available in the public domain.

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COPYRIGHT DATABASE SEARCH COPYRIGHT DATABASE Search copyright of works registered 1978. Registrations made before 1978 are not available to be searched on the Copyright Office web site. That information is only available in the Card Catalog files located at the Library of Congress. Information on seaching that information can be found here

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RELATED CSUS RESEARCH GUIDE Writing Guides: Plagerism

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