Digital Millennium Copyright Act Contact Information
Designated Agent
Ellen L. Young
Dartmouth College
HB 6219 Dewey Field Road
Hanover, NH 03755E-mail: copyright-complaints@mac.dartmouth.edu
Phone: (603) 646-0367
A summary of the DMCA is available at: http://www.copyright.gov/
Copyright is the right of an author, artist, composer or other creator of a work of authorship to control the use of his or her work by others. Protection extends to literary works, musical works, dramatic works, pantomimes and choreographic works, pictorial and graphic works, sculpture, motion pictures and other audiovisual works, sound recordings and architectural works. Generally speaking, a copyrighted work may not be reproduced by others without the copyright owner's permission. The public display or performance of copyrighted works is similarly restricted.
There are exceptions to these rules - notably the "fair use" doctrine, discussed below - but generally the unauthorized reproduction, performance or distribution of a copyrighted work is copyright infringement and may subject the infringer to civil and criminal penalties.
A separate Dartmouth policy governs the ownership of copyrights to material developed by faculty and other College employees.
Dartmouth College, its faculty, students and employees must comply with the Copyright Law. Questions regarding copyright law compliance should be directed to your department head, your professor, your supervisor, the Librarian of the College or the Office of the General Counsel. Additional information about copyright is available on the following web sites:
"Fair use" is a copyright law doctrine that permits the reproduction or other use of a copyrighted work, without the copyright owner's permission, for purposes such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching and research. The Copyright Act, however, does not specify which uses are fair, but rather establishes a four-factor balancing test for courts to employ on a case-by-case basis. These are discussed in the accompanying section on the fair use guidelines.
Frequently asked questions about the application of the Copyright Law to peer-to-peer file sharing.
Guidance to instructors, librarians, and support staff concerning the circumstances under which they may, consistent with the Copyright Law, place course materials on electronic reserves or on course web sites.
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