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CONTACT
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
should not be considered the last word. Any questions about
a particular issue should be directed to:
Dahlgren Memorial Library
the Information Services Desk Phone: 687-1448
medref@georgetown.edu
Deborah Cook
Head of Access Services,
Lauinger Library
Phone: 687-7644
Office of the University Counsel
Phone: 687-6457 Georgetown University's Copyright
Information Page
http://www.georgetown.edu/home/
copyright.html
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WHAT DO I DO
IF I AM USING
DIGITAL RESOURCES IN ONLINE TEACHING?
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 those 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.
1. The work transmitted is lawfully made or acquired.
2. The work transmitted is not marketed for instructional purposes.
3. The work transmitted is integral to a class section.
4. The work transmitted is part of instructional activities supervised
by the instructor.
5. 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.)
6. Reception of the work is limited to students enrolled in the
course.
7. Students' retention of the work is for no longer than the limit
of a class session.
8. Reasonable downstream controls have been instituted to discourage
or prevent subsequent dissemination beyond the student recipient.
9. 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.
10. A copyright warning notice is present on the transmitted work.
Why Worry
about Copyright?
What is Fair
Use?
How Do I Get
Copyright Permissions?
What Do I Do
if I'm Using Multimedia in the Classroom?
What Do
I Do if I'm Using Digital Resources in Online Teaching?
More
Resources on Copyright
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