Copyright and Broadcast Clearance
Articles (and excerpts from books) sold as part of your syllabus through the bookstore (course packs) or distributed as class handouts must be copyright-cleared. Copyright costs will influence the price of syllabi and course packs.
Copyright for the course pack must be renewed every semester . Videotapes, audio cassettes, and audio compact discs that you plan to play over interactive television must be cleared for broadcast.
The clearance process takes at least two months, and we ask that you submit your requests (including titles, publishers, and contact information such as telephone numbers, contact names, and addresses of publishers) ten weeks prior to the start of your course.
Call Donna Bancroft at (1-800-339-7323) or e-mail donnaban@maine.edu to discuss copyright clearance and broadcast approval.
Copyright and Course Reserve Materials
All library materials (magazines and journal articles, excerpts of book chapters, etc.) that you plan to have photocopied and placed on the reserve at receive locations must be copyright-cleared.
This process takes at least two months, and we ask that you submit your requests (including titles, publishers, and contact information such as telephone numbers, contact names, and addresses of publishers) ten weeks prior to the start of your course to allow enough time for clearing, duplicating, recording, and shipping the reserve material.
Call Donna Bancroft at (1-800-339-7323) or e-mail donnaban@maine.edu to discuss placing materials on reserve for your course.
Guidelines for Copyright Material in Web-Based Courses
For your web-based courses, copyright protected material is subject to fair use and other limitations. Check the material for fair use using the conditions laid out in the Copyright Law. The four conditions are, in general:
1. The purpose of the use, including a non-profit educational purpose,
2. The nature of the copyrighted work,
3. The amount of the copying, and
4. The effect of the copying on the potential market for, or value of, the original work.
OR
1. The copyright owner grants permission.
2. The work is in the public domain.
Material for courses posted on the web should:
1. Not include any works that are available for student to purchase—whether as a book, coursepack, or other work—in the campus bookstore or other customary outlet.
2. Be password protected so that only students in the class have access.
3. Contain the copyright statement of who owns the work and complete citation.
4. Be taken off the server at the end of the semester.
5. Repeat use of the same material by the same instructor for the same course will require permission from the copyright owner.
6. Contain the following statement:
These materials are made available at this site for the educational purposes of students enrolled in my class at XYZ University. They are not for further reproduction or transmission.
