Copyright Update

Course Hero 2 tiers of access, basic and premier Pay a fee to get premier access or upload the required number of documents Premier access allows you to have access to all documents on the site Organized by department (eg. Geography has about 350 documents) Framed as a note sharing site, but the documents uploaded are often the IP of the instructors Includes things like slides, exams, exam keys, study guides etc.

Who owns Copyright in teaching materials? Article 16 in the collective agreement: All Intellectual Property is owned by the Member(s) who create(s) it subject to (a) any other arrangement agreed to in advance for certain types of funding provided that the requirements of Article and Article have been met; or (b) any conveyance by the creator of his/her ownership by individual contract or (c) any grant to the University of a licence to use specific copyright material for educational or research purposes by individual contract. Any teaching materials posted to sites like Course Hero are likely to be owned by instructors

How can I have my IP removed from these sites? Course Hero has a “Copyright Dispute Policy” Section 512(c)(3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Provide very specific guidelines on how to submit a DMCA Notice Identify the work Identify the location of the work Contact Info A number of statements related to your ownership of the work Signature (print or digital) or mail the letter If you want help with crafting a letter, contact me and we can do this together

What else can you do? Cornell has a website for faculty that includes suggestions on how to approach IP issues related to note taking sites. Suggestions Post your materials online and license them through the Creative Commons Have your teaching materials removed from sites like Course Hero The rest of this page includes suggestions for using Google to find posted course materials, and instructions for requesting the removal of material, including a sample DMCA request letter

Electronic Reserves We are now in our second Fall term offering electronic reserve/digital course-pack services through the library 5290 Items 2172 library licensed works 2065 scanned documents 147 items on print reserve 906 classified as other (web page links, course materials, streaming video etc.) New resources this year: Criterion Pictures Feature Films, Films on Demand We are now accepting Winter courses (deadline for submission is December 5 th )

Teaching Related Services E-reserves: Copyright consultations Website: Workshops and departmental meetings Phone: ext Office: Back of Stauffer (first floor: room 129A)