b. Creative Commons is a similar initiative that may also include educational materials. Creators of these works make them available to the public with limited restrictions. Creative Commons licenses include: i. Attribution – the author must be credited, usually using the title of the work, author of the work, source of the work and the license that bears the work. ii. Non-commercial – you cannot profit from use of the work. iii. No derivatives – you cannot change the work, even in minor ways. iv. Share alike – whatever you do with the work, the result must bear a share alike license for others to use. https://creativecommons.org/. 8) A NOTE ABOUT WORKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA Just because it is possible to download works from social media does not mean that it is permissible. Most content in social media is protected by copyright. In addition, the terms of use of most social media platforms prohibit the downloading of content without permission.
The document concerning Copyright Resources may be found in the next section.
Approved through the Shared Governance Process and by President Kitts, 10/21/2024
USE OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL RESOURCES What Is Copyright? What is Copyright? | U.S. Copyright Office (https://www.copyright.gov/what-is-copyright/) Public Domain Explained Stanford Libraries (https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome/) Cornell University Library (https://guides.library.cornell.edu/copyright/publicdomain) Overview of Educational Exceptions Copyright Exceptions for Education | NC State University Libraries (ncsu.edu) (https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/okc/copyright/instruction/exceptions) Teach Act University of Texas TEACH Act (https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/copyright/teachact) TEACH Act Checklist (https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/copyright/teachactchecklist) Fair Use Fair Use (FAQ) | U.S. Copyright Office (https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html)
Fair Use Checklist
Columbia University Libraries (https://copyright.columbia.edu/basics/fair-use/fair-use-checklist.html) Purdue University (https://www.lib.purdue.edu/uco/fair-use)
Public Universities of Alabama Retention Schedule (https://una.edu/general-counsel/docs/public-universities-of-alabama-retention-schedule.pdf)
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