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AcademicCopyrightInformation - Keck qwiki wiki @USC - 0 views

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    Academic Copyright Information Disclaimer: The purpose of this wiki webpage is to provide links to information about copyright and "fair use" to help faculty and students make informed decisions about copyright issues. Nothing on this page is intended to serve as legal advice. If you have legal questions about copyright, you should consult a lawyer or the general counsel's office in your institution. Nothing on this page should be construed as representing the policy or opinion of the University of Southern California. Please send comments to RayMosteller Related: CopyrightInformation - AlternativeCopyrightOptions - UscCopyrightInformation - EducationalResources Copyright and Fair Use Case Law Academic Publishers vs. Georgia State University - Lawsuit filed April 15, 2008 Basic Books, Inc. v. Kinko's Graphics Corp. - 758 F.Supp. 1522 (S.D.N.Y. 1991) Princeton University Press v. Michigan Document Services, INC. - No. 94-1778 6th Cir. 1996 decision vacated Key Court Case Summaries on Fair Use Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office - Columbia University Libraries / Information Services Fair Use Checklist Copyright Scenarios Court Case Summaries - Regarding Fair Use Fair Use Resources Cornell University Copyright Information Center Cornell Copyright Policies, Guidance, and Policy Interpretations Cornell Electronic Course Content Copyright Guidelines - Press release Cornell Electronic Course Content Copyright Guidelines - (PDF) Course Reserves Copyright Guidelines - (PDF) Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States Copyright Resources Cornell Copyright Decision Tree - (PDF) Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI) Copyright Management Center Fair-Use Issues Fair-Use: Overview and Meaning for Higher Education Fair-Use Guidelines Key Court Case Summaries on Fair Use Teach Act and Distance Learning North Carolina State University Intellectual Property Student Privacy Law (FERPA) Penn State Uni
Ted Curran

'Open Courseware' Idea Spreads - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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  • "People who come to public health are committed to really making a difference in the lives of people," he says. "By and large academics, especially in public health, realize that the availability of the content is going to have a beneficial effect."
  • Copyright is another challenge in running open-courseware projects, the meeting's participants say.
  • Many professors regularly use charts, graphs, or other illustrations they've culled from textbooks or other copyrighted works in slide presentations or handouts. Although using those illustrations in a classroom is allowed under fair-use provisions of copyright law, universities must get permission before putting the same materials online where anyone can see them.
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  • He says he prefers material on open-courseware sites over that found on professors' Web sites. "There's some level of quality control and general oversight associated" with open courseware, he says. "If I'm just strolling around on the Internet and come across some random professor's Web site," he adds, "it just kind of dilutes my confidence in it, and it makes me spend a lot more time really sitting down and looking for what I like."
  • Though officials hope the materials will have educational benefit, they stress that they are not a substitute for taking courses at the institutions.
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