The Copyright
Act gives authors (including artists, composers, and other
creators of intellectual works) the right to control, within
certain limits, how their works are published, distributed,
and sold; and it gives them the correlative right to be paid
for the use of their work.
The law balances
the author's rights against the public interest to promote
creativity, scholarship, and invention.
WHY WORRY ABOUT COPYRIGHT?
The explosion of the electronic information environment
has brought about greater access to copyrighted materials in teaching
and research. With these changes comes a heightened concern about
copyright issues and their relationship to the work of academic
institutions.
