Copyright
More About Copyright
This site was created to provide the 51ÁÔÆæ community with an introduction to copyright law, educational fair use guidelines, links to licensed, public domain and royalty-free resources, and related information for faculty, staff and students who use copyrighted materials in their teaching, research and coursework.
As a community it is important that all members respect the rights of intellectual property owners by adhering to the , the 51ÁÔÆæ Copyright Policy, and understand the limited rights allowed by the fair use exemption.
Copyright Overview
Copyright provides the creators of original works of authorship with a limited set of exclusive rights to copy, distribute, and perform their works.
Copyright law gives copyright owners the exclusive right to:
- reproduce a work
- prepare derivative works based on the original
- distribute copies
- perform the work
- display the work
- perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission, in the case of sound recordings
Copyright-protected works include:
- literary works
- musical works, including any accompanying words
- dramatic works, including any accompanying music
- pantomimes and choreographic works
- pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
- motion pictures and other audiovisual works
- sound recordings
- architectural works
What cannot be Copyrighted:
- works in the public domain
- ideas
- facts
- raw data
- names, titles, slogans, or short phrases -- in some cases these may be protected by
