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Copyright can be complicated, and the laws are changing and being debated all the time. The information presented here is intended to provide some guidance on practice but it should not be considered the last word. Any questions about a particular issue should be directed to:
Office of the University Counsel
Phone: 687-6457
Deborah Cook
Head of Access Services,
Lauinger Library
Phone: 687-7644
Dahlgren Memorial Library
Phone: 687-1448
For information on the TEACH Act, visit the American Library Association.
GU Copyright Information
http://www.georgetown.edu/
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WHAT
DO I DO IF I AM USING DIGITAL RESOURCES IN ONLINE LEARNING?
The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act extends the face-to-face classroom multimedia performance rights to the digitally accessible online learning environment. The TEACH Act allows the transmission of performances and display of copyrighted materials if certain technological controls are in place.
If these controls are in place, the fair use doctrine governs the use of multimedia just as it does the use of print publications, allowing for the use of a portion of the material before it is necessary to seek permission. It is also permissible to link or point to another web site.
In particular, the TEACH Act expands both the array of resources and the amount of those resources that can be transmitted from one location to another in the context of an online course. The following checklist sets forth these expansions as well as the conditions under which the copyrighted works can be transmitted. For a full explanation of these conditions, see http://www.georgetown.edu/policy/copyright/supplement.htm.
- The work transmitted is lawfully made or acquired.
- The work transmitted is not marketed for instructional purposes.
- The work transmitted is integral to a class session.
- The work transmitted is part of instructional activities supervised by the instructor.
- The nature and portion of the transmitted work accord with the following guidelines:
- a non-dramatic literary work (you may use all.)
- a non-dramatic musical work (you may use all.)
- a performance of any other work, including dramatic works and audiovisual works (you may only use reasonable and limited portions or a display in an amount comparable to that which is typically displayed in the course of a live classroom session.)
- Reception of the work is limited to students enrolled in the course.
- Students' retention of the work is for no longer than the limit of a class session.
- Reasonable downstream controls have been instituted to discourage or prevent subsequent dissemination beyond the student recipient.
- For conversions of a copyrighted work from analog to digital form,
- no digital conversion is available to the institution, or
- a digital version is available but technologically protected.
- A copyright warning notice is present on the transmitted work.
Why worry about copyright?
What is Fair Use?
How do these rules affect my teaching?
How do I request copyright permission?
What do I do if I'm using multimedia in classroom activities?
What do I do if I'm using digital resources in online learning?
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