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Copyright is聽a property right given to content creators that allows them to control, protect, and exploit their creative works.

Copyright owners have聽the exclusive rights to do the following things, though they can grant or sell those rights to others:

• Reproduce聽all or part of the work
• Prepare new (derivative) versions based on the original work
• Distribute copies
• Perform the work publicly
• Display the work publicly
• Digital Audio Transmission

Copyright protection covers both published and unpublished works. The fact that a previously published work is out-of-print does not affect its copyright. Learn more by reviewing聽.

Copyright compliance聽matters because:

滨迟'蝉听贰迟丑颈肠补濒: Respecting the rights of copyright holders is simply the right thing to do. If copies are made without permission, publishers and authors, are deprived of revenues聽they rightly deserve.听

It's the Law: As stated in the Copyright Act, it is unlawful to infringe on the rights of copyright holders. Copyright holders can sue offenders for damages or to recoup lost profits as a result of infringement.听

It's Risky: 91制片厂 educators who carelessly or willfully violate U.S. copyright laws in the course of their work may place themselves at risk for liability in the event of a copyright-infringement claim. In such cases, the University may refuse to defend and indemnify the educator in the infringement action. When employees use the University鈥檚 computer resources and networks to download or share files illegally, they may be subject to University discipline.

First, start with Murray Library.

• Contact your to determine if any of the readings you wish to require are available digitally in the library鈥檚 collection or whether the library can purchase them for student access.
• Linking library resources in your Canvas course allows students to access readings at no cost to them because library materials - ebooks, journal articles, streaming film, etc. - are licensed for use by all students, faculty, and staff at 91制片厂 at no cost to them.
• You can provide聽students with links to library material with confidence that they have full, legal access.

Then work with the Campus Store.

• If resources aren鈥檛 available through the library,聽submit a custom adoption for your coursepack in , our Campus Store鈥檚 online adoption tool.
• A Campus Store agent will contact you with further instructions.听
• Coursepack adoptions must be submitted at the time of traditional course material adoptions and well in advance of the beginning of the semester or term in which they will be used.
• If you have any questions about the process, send them to campusstore@messiah.edu.

Generally speaking, you cannot upload copyrighted materials into your Canvas course, because there鈥檚 no good mechanism for 91制片厂 to pay for that use (i.e., most programs and departments don鈥檛 have funding to pay permission fees for copyrighted materials).

There are, however, a few exceptions to that general rule.听

• Murray Library owns the right to the material
  • If so, add a direct link to the item in Canvas from the library's catalog or databases. Contact a if you have any questions about using library resources.
• The material you wish to use qualifies under fair use
  • The 聽can help you determine what materials qualify under fair use. Use it to provide a record that you聽considered relevant issues if a question about your use ever arises.
• The material's use is allowed under a
• The material is in the public domain
• If the item is legally posted online and freely available, you may link to that item in Canvas.

If you wish to give your students access to copyrighted materials, but the University doesn't聽already own the right to them, they don鈥檛 qualify under fair use, and/or they鈥檙e not exempt from copyright clearance, you should assemble a that students purchase through the Campus Store or place the items on .

Educators may place copyrighted materials on library course reserve for a 2-hour or 24-hour checkout period. The provides additional information.

Within a physical classroom, you may show a legally acquired DVD or VHS in a face-to-face setting without additional rights as long as the film is directly related to course content.听

For online viewing and linking via Canvas, Murray Library offers information about . You may also link directly to a publicly accessible聽online video or embed an online video in your Canvas course as long as that video is a legal source.

Most streaming services such as AppleTV+, Amazon Prime Video, and Netflix聽only allow personal use and do not make their original content available to libraries to purchase. However, some . You may not livestream a video via a videoconferencing platform to your聽students.听If you have questions about streaming video for your course, contact your .听

Yes. Non-print materials such as photos, artwork, music, theatre productions and more may have format-specific copyright guidelines.

Contact your , who can help you think through possible resources. If you have more specific questions about copyright clearance, please contact Janet Vogel, Director of Murray Library or Dwayne Magee, Director of 91制片厂 Press. If you have questions about the Campus Store and coursepacks, contact campusstore@messiah.edu.

The Copyright FAQs page and the Copyright Guidelines by Format page may also provide additional information.