Copyright
Learning Opportunities
The following
online and videotaped sessions are available for
you to learn more about copyright laws and
issues on your own. Please
contact Lynn Mack in the
Instructional Support Center to find out if
Faculty Inservice Credits may be earned on the
completion of of any of these sessions.
Online
Tutorials
The
UT System Crash Course in Copyright
Expertise from the University of Texas' copyright law expert Georgia Harper. Faculty may remember
Harper from the PBS teleconference Critical Issues in
Distance Education: Copyright Issues Online.
A
Visit to Copyright Bay
This site from the University of St. Francis (Joliet,
Illinois) attempts to present copyright information to educators in an
entertaining format.
Using
Copyrighted Materials in U.S. Classrooms
Interactive presentation from
Wisc-Online.com
targeted at traditional classroom instructors. \
Videotaped Sessions
Critical Issues in
Distance Learning: Copyright Issues Online
Through various academic scenarios, learn how the “fair use”
provision works in today’s digital environments and how to get
information on copyright policy into the hands of those who need it
most such as faculty and students.
Features leading copyright experts Georgia Harper (Manager of
Intellectual Property Section, Office of General Counsel, University
of Texas), Steven J. McDonald (General Counsel, Rhode Island School
of Design), and Janis Bruwelheide (Montana State
University-Bozeman). This PBS Video and an accompanying
participant's packet are available from the
Instructional Support
Center.
Am I a Crook?: Copyright
Ninety-minute teleconference recorded by Piedmont Technical College
on April 2, 1998. This video is available from the
PTC Library.
Disclaimer
Please note that the information presented
in the Online Copyright Center is for
information purposes only. It should not
be used as a substitute for actual legal
advice.