This Policy applies to all UNA faculty, staff, doctoral fellows, students and other individuals engaged by or on behalf of UNA. 1. DEFINITIONS a) Rights of the Copyright Owner (17 USC § 105): The owner of a copyright has the exclusive right to: i) To reproduce the work; ii) To prepare derivative works; iii) To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale, rental, lease, or lending; iv) In the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the work publicly; v) In the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to display the copyrighted work publicly; and vi) In the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission. b) Copyrightable Works: Copyrightable works of authorship are those that are fixed in a tangible medium and among other categories may include: books, articles, instructional materials, and other written works; musical and dramatic works; pictures, films, videos, sculptures and other works of art; computer software; and electronic chip designs. c) Fixed in a Tangible Medium (17 U.S.C. § 102): A copyright interest arises in a Work once it is " fixed in a tangible medium" of expression. A tangible medium is one from which the Work can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, directly or with the aid of a machine or device. d) Non-Copyrightable Material: Copyright interest does not extend to and copyright law does not protect ideas, procedures, processes, systems, methods of operation, concepts, principles, facts or discoveries, regardless of the form in which they are described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in a Work. e) Categories of Works: Works typically fall into one of the following categories: i) literary works;
ii) musical works, including any accompanying words; iii) dramatic works, including any accompanying music;
iv) pantomimes and choreographic works; v) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;
vi) sound recordings; and vii) architectural works.
f) Ordinary Use of Resources. Ordinary use of UNA resources occurs when an author/creator uses UNA resources or facilities in a manner consistent with use expected for the day-to-day performance of the individual's obligations to UNA, such as ordinary use of library facilities, office space, office supplies or equipment including copiers, telephones, and fax machines, or UNA owned personal computers or other electronic devices. g) Substantial Commitment of Resources. UNA makes a substantial commitment of resources to a Work if the author/creator makes use of UNA personnel, equipment and/or facilities beyond the Ordinary Use of Resources. A substantial Commitment of Resources by UNA may include, for example purposes, use of laboratory facilities, designated research equipment, equipment of any kind provided through a
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