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Copyright, Fair Use, Intellectual Property:Use of Copyright Material in BlackboardThe TEACH Act of November 2, 2002More Info on Copyright, Fair Use, and Intellectual Property1) Use of Copyright Material in Blackboard Q: Do copyright restrictions apply to the material in my Blackboard site? A: Yes.
Fair Use, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the TEACH Act all
apply to web-based materials. Please see the Bethel
Library Copyright Page for
the Bethel College & Seminary Guidelines for instructional use
of copyrighted electronic and multimedia materials. Q: How does Blackboard help me comply with copyright restrictions? A: Blackboard has several tools that can help you comply with copyright. You can restrict your entire Blackboard site to enrolled students (and instructors, TAs, etc.), in order to address the issue of "fair use" of copyrighted material. To do this, start at the Control Panel, and click on Course Settings in the Course Options area. In the Guest Access section, Answer "No" to the question "Do you want guests to be able to access this course?" This restricts the access to only students enrolled in the course, professors, TAs and course builders. You can also restrict the access to certain sections of your website while leaving part of your website accessible to the public. To do this, go to Area Availability section in Course Settings, check the box in the "S" column (for Secure) for the sections where your copyright-sensitive materials are. Click the Submit button. This will restrict access to this particular button to only students enrolled in the course plus professors, TAs and course builders for the course. Any others will get an "Access Denied" message for that section. This is what is done when eReserves and video are put in your site for you. When uploading copyright material to your Blackboard site, you can use the Select Date(s) of Availability option to make it unavailable when it is no longer needed for the instructional purpose intended, which generally should be no later than the end of semester. Also, it is advisable to post an accompanying notice to students instructing them that they should neither copy nor save the copyrighted material to their computers.
2) The TEACH Act of November 2, 2002 Q: How does the TEACH Act apply? A: While the legal community and Bethel College Legal Counsel have yet to speak to this issue, there is a clear analysis of the Act on the American Library Association prepared by Kenneth D. Crews, Professor of Law; Director, Copyright Management Center Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis: http://www.ala.org/washoff/teach.html.
3) More Information on Copyright, Fair Use, and Intellectual Property Q: Where can I find out more about digital copyright? A: Information about copyright, fair use, and intellectual property rights can be found in the following documents. |
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