Copyright in Academia Tim Bowen, Director, Academic Products & Services Karen Melanson, Licensing Consultant October 26, 2012
Copyright Clearance Center Intermediary between Users and Rightsholders Agreements with tens of thousands of publishers & authors authorizing CCC to issue reuse licenses Millions of books, journals, magazines, newspapers, blogs Reproduction Rights Organization (RRO) for the United States 1200 colleges and universities Not-for-profit established in
CCC’s Academic Market Offerings Annual Copyright License –Institution-wide, unlimited use of millions of works; U.S. & abroad, media neutral Pay-Per-Use Services –Transactional licensing via copyright.com Copyright Education –Online and onsite courses and resources Get It Now –Augments an institution’s ILL operation through immediate delivery of non-subscribed to journal content PaperStats –Aggregated subscription database usage statistics and costs 3
Academia and Copyright in the Courts 4 VS.
What Does This Mean For You? Initially, nothing Applies to books only, digital use Pertains to the Northern District of GA First semester free? Not a good policy to benchmark against 5
Some Good Practices Article linking Conduct a proper fair use analysis “Got permission?” If necessary, get permission before posting 6
Helpful Resources Campus Guide to Copyright “Q&A On Copyright for the Campus Community” CCC Copyright Education –Copyright in Academia 2:00 pm ET & 2:00 pm ET –Copyright for Academia Certificate Course Noon ET “Using Copyrighted Works in Teaching: A Guide for Syracuse University Faculty” Copyright on Campus Video Tutorial ( 7
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