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Crash Course in Copyright

Someone owns just about everything
Fair use lets you use their things
- But not as much as you'd like to
Sometimes you have to ask for permission
Sometimes you are the owner - think about that!

Crash Course Syllabus:

Background

Fair use: Basic and applied.

Who owns what? How to figure it out and how to change it.

Details

Creating multimedia: Fair use and beyond, including courseware contracts.

Copyright in the digital library: Welcome to the center of the digital revolution.

Copyright management: Nobody knows what this is about. Find out.

Licensing resources: The next copyright frontier.

Online presentations: Talks tailored to the audience's copyright concerns - for faculty, students, staff, librarians, artists, administrators.

Outside References

Ask a lawyer: If you are a U.T. System employee, ask away.

Offsite: So much really good information is available out there; you won't believe it.

Crash Course Tutorial

The Crash Course Tutorial is available for faculty to use to learn Copyright basics, especially in the distance learning context.