Section 107 of the Copyright Act states:
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.
Information on UNA's policies on Copyright and Fair Use can be found on the UNA website here
The UNA Faculty Handbook, Section 3.7 defines the full policy.
If you have questions about Copyright, Open Access, Open Educational Resources, or Fair Use contact your subject librarian.
The information presented in this guide should not be construed as legal advice.
Copyright is a form of intellectual property law and protects works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. This encompasses items like poetry, novels, songs, movies, computer software and more.
Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems or methods of operation. Nor does it protect names, titles, works lacking originality or works created from public domain information.
The copyright holder of a work has the exclusive right to:
Congress passed the TEACH (technology, education, and copyright harmonization) act in 2002 which enables performance and display of copyrighted material in distance education classes. TEACH applies to performances of nondramatic literary or musical works in their entirety and limited portions of other works provided the following conditions are met:
Instructors of University courses may transmit entire musical works, but may not transmit entire dramatic works (operas, plays).
The University of Texas has developed a checklist to determine if the TEACH Act applies to your materials.