Copyright Guidelines

Summary

The RI Board of Governors for Higher Education approved CCRI’s Intellectual Property Policy on March 24, 2008. The purpose of this policy is to address questions of ownership of Intellectual Property (trademarks, trade secrets, patents, and copyrights) between the college and its faculty and staff.

Printable Copyright Policies Copyright Basics (Publication of the Library of Congress)

CCRI Intellectual Property Policy

• Summary of Intellectual Property Policy
• Intellectual Property Policy Document
• Flowchart - Figure 1 - under IP Policy
• Flowchart - Figure 1a - under IP Policy
• Examples under Intellectual Property Policy

Copyright Issues for Faculty

Daniel J. Donovan, J.D., Professor in the Legal Studies Department presented a seminar on Copyright Law in January 2003 as part of the Teaching with Technology Conference held by the Office of Higher Education for URI, RIC, and CCRI. This PowerPoint and Attachments are from that presentation, but have been updated to March 2008 with the approval of CCRI's Intellectual Property Policy.

• Copyright Issues for Faculty
• Guidelines For Classroom Copying
  placed in the 1976 House of Representatives Committee Report
• Guidelines for Educational Use of Music
  placed in the 1976 House of Representatives Committee report
• Guidelines for Classroom Use of Off-Air Videotapes
  ©1981 Congressional Record
• American Library Association Model Policy
  ©1982

Copyright Policies for Distance Learning

In November 2002, a federal law was enacted to expand the exemption under Copyright Law that was available to educational organizations for distance learning courses. This law was entitled the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002, and it is now known as the TEACH Act:

• Explanation of the Federal TEACH Act's Copyright Exemptions
  by Professor Daniel J. Donovan
• Copyright Policies Under the TEACH ACT
  (Approved by President's Council on September 10, 2008)