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http://fairuse.stanford.edu
There have been many questions lately regarding the legalities of copying material to hand out to students, add to the library collection, or place on reserve in the library.
Instructors are responsible for making sure reserves are in accordance with copyright law.
Please check http://fairuse.stanford.edu for in-depth information like:
1. Coursepacks and Copyright
"Until 1991, many instructors and photocopy shops assembled and sold coursepacks without permission and without compensating the authors or publishers. This was based on the assumption that educational copying qualified as a "fair use" under copyright law, which, legally speaking, is a particular kind of use that is exempt from the permissions requirements that normally apply to copyrighted materials. (For a full explanation of fair use principles, see Chapter 9, "Fair Use.") However, in 1991 a federal court ruled that a publisher's copyright was infringed when a Kinko's copy shop reprinted portions of a book in an academic coursepack. (Basic Books Inc. v. Kinko's Graphics Corp., 758 F.Supp. 1522 (S.D. N.Y. 1991).) The court said that reprinting copyrighted materials in academic coursepacks was not a fair use and that permission was required."
Did you know that even if you receive permission from the publisher or use a copyright clearance service, or pay for permission to copy materials, that the permission is only good for 1 semester or 1 school year at best?
2. Rules for Reproducing Text Materials for Use in Class
"Teachers may not photocopy workbooks, texts, standardized tests or other materials that were created for educational use. The guidelines were not intended to allow teachers to usurp the profits of educational publishers. In other words, educational publishers do not consider it a fair use if the copying provides replacements or substitutes for the purchase of books, reprints, periodicals, tests, workbooks, anthologies, compilations or collective works."
This would apply to copying portions of MCAT, GMAT or PRAXIS study guides to give to students.
For further written resources see:
Copyright Essentials For Librarians and Educators
Kenneth D. Crews with contributions from Dwayne K. Buttler ... [et al.]
Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 2000
Ref KF2995 .C74 2000 LIBRARY USE ONLY
Technology and Copyright Law: A Guidebook For the Library, Research, and Teaching Professions
Arlene Bielefield and Lawrence Cheeseman
New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, c1997
Ref KF3030.1 .B533 1997 LIBRARY USE ONLY
Libraries and Copyright: A Guide To Copyright Law In The 1990s
Laura N. Gasaway and Sarah K. Wiant
Washington, D.C.: Special Libraries Association, c1994
Ref KF3030.1 .G37 1994 LIBRARY USE ONLY
Please take the time to check the Copyright & Fair Use site, and share the information with our students. http://fairuse.stanford.edu
 Send comments or questions to Olga Verbeek, Library Webmaster, at verbeeko@salve.edu.
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