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Copyright Basics

Emilie Algenio,

Texas A&M University Libraries

Wednesday, May 31, 2017, 9:15-9:45 am

Today we’ll cover….

•Why copyright is important

•Where and when you’ll encounter it

•Available resources

Copyright: importance

Image credits appear on the final slides

• Create copyrighted works and use copyrighted works

• Own the copyright in your own writing

• Collaborate: who owns what?

Copyright: ownership @ TAMU

“...the [TAMU] system does not claim copyright to pedagogical, scholarly or artistic works, regardless of their form of expression, unless required by a funding or research contract.

Such works include, but are not limited to... copyrightable works of students in the course of their education, such as dissertations, papers and journal articles.”

- Texas A&M University System Policy 17.01

Copyright: its purpose

“Congress shall have the Power To ...

promote the Progress of Science and the useful Arts,

by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors

the exclusive Rights to their respective Writings and

Discoveries.”

--U.S. Constitution, Art. I, Sect. 8

Copyright: exclusive rights

Five rights:

Copyright: what it protects

Image credits appear on the final slide

Copyright: where and when

• Write a thesis, or dissertation

• Share, reuse, publish

• Using the works of others in your own writing and research

• Co-author: in US, and/or abroad

Copyright: your own

• Think ahead

• Keep = copy, modify, distribute, display publicly, perform publicly

• Share, or reuse

Copyright: not keep it

• Buy, sell, will, or give

• Transfer, or license

• Can be limited or complete

Copyright: more information

• Web page: http://guides.lib.utexas.edu/copyright

• Personal help:

– Emilie Algenio

– call: 979.845.1496

– email: emilie [underscore] a@library.tamu.edu

– visit: Annex, 5th floor, Suite 3.503

Takeaways

• You own the copyright in your work.

• Collaborate: talk, decide, and sign.

• Think ahead: share, reuse, publish

•Using other’s work: provide attribution

Questions?

Emilie, Copyright Librarian

T: 979.845.1496

E: emilie [underscore] a@library.tamu.edu

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, or send a letter to Creative Commons, P.O. Box 1866, Mountain View, California, 94042, USA.

Credits

"Information" photograph, Nick Youngson, Blue Diamond Gallery, http://thebluediamondgallery.com/i/information.html

"Copper Cent Coins" photograph, fotoblend, Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/en/coins-money-metal-euro-specie-1497180/

"Statute of Liberty" photograph, daveynin, Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveynin/18498592798

"Internet of Things" image, jefeffb, Flickr, https://pixabay.com/en/network-iot-internet-of-things-782707/

"Copyright, Patent, Trademark" photograph, businesssarah, Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/businesssarah/with/5977609373/

"Green Classic Car" photograph, Markus Spiske, Pexels, https://www.pexels.com/photo/lights-car-vintage-luxury-92637/

"Spotify" badge, Emir Dalgiç, Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spotify_Badge_(large).png

"Kindle" image, Clovis_Cheminot, Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/en/ebook-book-kindle-logo-blue-1047993/

"YouTube" image, Oejitv, Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Youtube.png

"Cell phone" image, TeroVesalainen, Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/en/smartphone-screen-social-media-2123520/

Photograph of Open Book On Black Background, George Hodan, Public Domain Pictures.net, http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/viewimage.php?image=33033&picture=open-book

Photograph of Dancers, Ranya Alrawi, Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/139216087@N02/25808095920

Credits

Photograph of Building, John Leszczynski, Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/districtinroads/7294765280

Photograph, A collection of old audio cassettes arranged in a four by four grid, Colin Woodcock, http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=189929&picture=dieciseis-cintas-de-audio,

Translation, By Derivative work: André Costa (WMSE) Original: Geremy Good, from The Noun Project [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATranslation_-_A_till_%C3%85-colours.svg

Statue of John Lennon, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_John_Lennon_in_Public_Park_-_El_Vedado_-_Havana_-_Cuba.JPG, By Adam Jones Adam63 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Man in Gray Top and Black Bottom Holding Stratocaster Electric Guitar, Pexels, https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-gray-top-and-black-bottom-holding-stratocaster-electric-guitar-104952

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