Purpose of this policy is twofold:

To state the Hedberg Library's responsibilities, policies, procedures, and guidelines regarding  the use and reproduction of copyrighted material available in print or digital formats, with particular respect to the provisions of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and the Copyright Term Extension Act, especially as they apply to Fair Use.

To state the library users' responsibilities concerning the reproduction of copyrighted materials.

Introduction

Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of "original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works.  This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:

• To reproduce copies of the work;
• To prepare derivative works based upon the work;
• To distribute copies of the work to the public by sale, rental, lease, or lending;
• To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures or other audiovisual works;
• To display the copyrighted work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work; and
• In the case of sound recordings, to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.

It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the copyright law to the owner of copyright.  These rights, however, are not unlimited in scope. Sections 107 through 121 of the 1976 Copyright Act establish limitations on these rights. In some cases, these limitations are specified exemptions from copyright liability.  One major limitation is the doctrine of "fair use," which is given a statutory basis in section 107.  In other instances, the limitation takes the form of a "compulsory license" under which certain limited uses of copyrighted works are permitted upon payment of specified royalties and compliance with statutory conditions.  Additional information can be found under the "Copyright Law and General Information" link below.

• Audio, Image and Audiovisual Copies
• Photocopiers
• Reserves - print and electronic
• Software  [University of Texas System Administration, Office of the General Counsel's Copyright Management Center]

Fair Use Guidelines

Copyright in the library

Copyright Law and General Information