A Whirlwind Tour of Copyright
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Whirlwind Tour of Copyright - link to slideshow in SlideshareWe have found the embed code glitchy, so here is a direct link.
Useful Links
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Open Educational ResourcesA clearinghouse of OER, including learning object repositories, open course repositories, scholarly repositories, open textbooks, and information about open learning/education in general.
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Copyright Self-paced CourseAn intensive self-paced course for anyone who wants to be thoroughly informed about the nuances of copyright in the academic environment. You can also just pick and choose sections of it to refer to.
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Your CopyrightSUNY's position on faculty ownership of their academic content. How to register your copyright.
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Understanding Author RightsThe Cornell University Library has an excellent guide to author's rights and the publication process, with information about making your work Open Access.
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How Do I Retain CopyrightThis page of the Open Access subject guide has information on finding out the copyright policies of the journal you want to publish in for purposes of retaining your Author's Rights, and/or publishing Open Access.
Copyright Topic Videos
These videos are chunks taken from a clean recording of a webinar given to SUNY faculty and staff. As Empire State College faculty and staff, there are three things you should keep in mind when watching these videos:
- Regarding the TEACH Act, Empire State College is compliant and we can take advantage of it.
- Regarding a copyright office, Empire State College does not have one, and the library is not staffed to function as one. Individual developers must seek copyright permissions themselves, and Kathy Scacchetti is extremely helpful and expert in this area. She has been keeping copyright records for the Organization Formerly Known As CDL for many years. Sarah Morehouse in the library can provide you with answers to questions about what is legal versus illegal/gray area.
- Regarding ownership of your copyright, Empire State College is a SUNY college, and we follow the SUNY Board of Trustees rule about academic content. This means that if you're faculty or professional staff and you created a work of scholarship, a course, or a learning object, the copyright belongs to you. If you develop a course under a letter of agreement, the copyright is assigned according to the terms of the letter of agreement.
Feel free to copy and adapt this guide and its contents for your own use
A Whirlwind Tour of Copyright by Sarah Morehouse is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
