Below is a high-level summary of copyright information collected from various sources on the web, including the UT Main website. The goal here is to provide the Institute’s faculty, staff, and students with some very general guidelines on how to determine what is acceptable to copy and how legally obtained copies of copyrighted material can be stored and accessed on the Institute’s computer networks. To this end, this note includes brief sections on: general information about copyrights and the Fair Use Doctrine, what are the essential components of the UT Copyright Rules of Thumb related to literary works, images, and software, and where one can go for additional UT copyright information and/or UT legal advice. Note that ignorance of the law is not a defense for copyright infringement. Show
Please note that the information provided below is intended only as a “quick start” guide for copyright information and one should consult the UT Policy (at the links below) when ambiguity arises - as it most surely will. General Information about Copyrights & the Fair Use Doctrine¶Copyrights are intended to promote the creation of new works by allowing authors to have control of and profit from their works. Copyright laws are deliberately vague, ambiguous, and often misunderstood. These laws are interpreted on a case-by-case basis. Copyrights apply to the following types of works: poems, theses, literary works, plays, movies, dances, musical compositions, paintings, drawings, photographs, software, sound recordings… A copyright protects the expression of ideas not the ideas themselves. Copyright protection is available for both published and unpublished works for a limited period of time. The US signed the Borne Convention in 1988 giving copyright to authors without requiring them to register their work(s). However copyright registration is required for an author to sue and obtain damages in federal court. There are several basic rights protected by copyright laws
The Fair Use Doctrine allows for the limited use of copyrighted materials without the permission of the rights holder. Fair Use is not a copyright infringement. Fair Use is determined by the following four factors:
Most educational use of copyrighted materials falls under the Fair Use Doctrine. Note however that not every educational use is Fair Use. Non-profit and educational websites that reproduce whole articles from technical magazines are frequently found to infringe on copyrights. Both UT and individuals involved in copyright infringement may be sued for damages. Damages can be awarded in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. What is the UT Fair Use policy for Copyrighted Materials?¶Many legal scholars, politicians, copyright owners and users, and their lawyers agree that fair use is so hard to understand that it fails to provide effective guidance for the use of others’ works today. The UT System approach to this issue has been through the development of a set of Rules of Thumb for the Fair Use of copyrighted materials. Note, however, that copying, modifying, displaying, performing, or distributing another’s work beyond the suggestions of the Rules of Thumb may still be a fair use (more about this below). UT’s Fair Use Rules of Thumb UT System has established “Rules of Thumb” for the following uses of copyrighted works:
Within the context of this document we are primarily concerned with the copyright of image archives, research copies, and reserves. Rules of Thumb for Digitizing and Using Images for Educational Purposes Is the image you wish to digitize readily available online or for sale or license at a fair price?
Rules of Thumb for Research Copies Limit research copies to:
Rules of Thumb for Digitizing and Using Others’ Works in Electronic Reserves
The Rules of Thumb do not describe the outer limits of fair use; they describe a “safe harbor” within the bounds of fair use. So, a use that exceeds the suggestions of the Rules of Thumb may still be fair. See the discussion of Using the Four Factor Fair Use Test on UT’s Copyright Crash Course website: http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/copypol2.html More Information¶More information concerning UT’s policy on copyrights and Fair Use can be found at the web locations below:
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