Fear and uncertainty about copyright law often plagues educators and sometimes prevents creative teaching. This course is a professional development opportunity designed to provide a basic introduction to US copyright law and to empower teachers and librarians at all grade levels. Course participants will discover that the law is designed to help educators and librarians.
Copyright for Educators & Librarians
Offered By
Duke University
Emory University
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Duke University
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
11 hour to complete
Welcome to Copyright Law
Thank you for joining Copyright for Educators and Librarians! Our goal is to provide participants with a practical framework for analyzing copyright issues that they encounter in their professional work. We use a lot of real life examples—some of them quite complex and amusing—to help participants get used to the systematic analysis of copyright problems. This course is intentionally a first step toward bridging the gulf that is often perceived between desirable educational practice and legal permissible activities. We very much hope that this course will be a service to the library and education community, and that it provides a relatively fun and painless way to go deeper into copyright than the average presentation or short workshop allows. If you enjoy this course and would like to learn more about copyright in multimedia, that course will soon be available!
1 video (Total 1 min), 3 readings
1 video
3 readings
Course Overview10m
Course Copyright Info10m
About Us10m
Week
22 hours to complete
A Framework for Thinking about Copyright
In the U.S., copyright is first and foremost a federal law passed by Congress under authority given it by the Constitution, where it says that Congress is allowed to pass laws to (among other things) promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited time to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writing and discoveries. This authorization allows Congress to adopt both copyright laws which protect creative expression, and patent laws, which are very different and provide exclusive rights in inventions. In this unit we will examine what is copyright and how it happens.
9 videos (Total 67 min), 3 readings, 3 quizzes
9 videos
The Roots of Anglo-American Copyright 10m
Copyright Moves Across the Pond9m
Ways the Monopoly is Limited 9m
How Copyright Happens 11m
Framework for Analysis 4m
Authorship, Part 1 7m
Authorship, Part 24m
Authorship, Part 3 5m
3 readings
Essential Reading for The History of Copyright10m
Essential Reading for A Limited Monopoly10m
Supplemental Reading for "A Framework for Thinking about Copyright" Module10m
3 practice exercises
History of Copyright8m
A Limited Monopoly8m
Authorship 8m
Week
32 hours to complete
Owning Rights
For this module, we will discuss copyright ownership and what it means in an educational context. We will also discuss the public domain, the first sale doctrine, and the idea/expression dichotomy. This last concept—that creative expression can be copyrighted, but that the ideas behind it cannot—is one of Anne’s favorite topics in copyright law. As you’ll see in the video, the concept is applicable to many subjects and situations.
8 videos (Total 62 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes
8 videos
Students Own Copyright Too 5m
Work Made for Hire and Teachers8m
First Sale, Part 1 9m
First Sale, Part 2 2m
First Sale, Part 3 5m
Public Domain 9m
Idea/Expression Dichotomy10m
3 readings
Essential Reading for Owning Copyright10m
Essential Reading for Limitations on Ownership10m
Supplemental Reading for the "Owning Rights" Module10m
2 practice exercises
Owning Copyright 8m
Limitations on Ownership 12m
Week
42 hours to complete
Specific Exceptions for Teachers and Librarians
This module will cover specific exceptions in copyright law for libraries and educational instruction as outlined in Section 110(1) of the U.S. Copyright Law. The module will examine how this law applies to in-class and online instruction as well as library lending. Additionally, it will explore different licenses for those working in educational institutions and libraries, including the specifics of Creative Commons. Finally, we discuss identifying and requesting permissions for use of copyrighted material.
8 videos (Total 66 min), 5 readings, 3 quizzes
8 videos
The TEACH Act - Online Performances9m
A Library Exception, Part 1 10m
A Library Exception, Part 2 6m
A Library Exception, Part 3 3m
Framework Review 4m
Licenses and the Creative Commons11m
Asking for Permission11m
5 readings
Essential Reading for Educational Performances10m
Essential Reading for An Exception for Libraries10m
Essential Reading for a Framework Review10m
Essential Reading for Licensing and Permission10m
Supplemental Reading for "Specific Exceptions for Teachers and Librarians"10m
3 practice exercises
Educational Performances8m
An Exception for Libraries8m
Licensing and Permission6m
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Top Reviews
Very informative course presented by knowledgeable instructors. Gained a greater appreciation for the pros and cons of copyright, in addition to a respect for the complexity and nuance in this area.
I wish I had taken this course at the very beginning of my graduate studies. I learned so much that would have been useful during my long journey from graduate student, to professor, to archivist.
Instructors
Kevin Smith, M.L.S., J.D.
Former Director, Copyright and Scholarly CommunicationDuke University Libraries
Lisa A. Macklin, J.D.,M.L.S.
Director, Scholarly Communications OfficeRobert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University
Anne Gilliland, JD, MLS
Scholarly Communications OfficerUniversity Libraries, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
About Duke University
Duke University has about 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a world-class faculty helping to expand the frontiers of knowledge. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world.
About Emory University
Emory University, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the world's leading research universities. Its mission is to create, preserve, teach and apply knowledge in the service of humanity.
About The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, is known around the world for innovative teaching and research. Regularly ranked as the nation’s best value for academic quality, UNC has produced the most Rhodes Scholars for the past 25 years among U.S. public research universities.
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