Click on the questions under each category for brief answers:

1. What are the educational exceptions to copyright?

• How are the three teaching exceptions related, and when does each apply?
• Where can I find more detail about applying these exceptions in the classroom?

2. How can I use other people’s copyrighted materials in teaching & research?

• Are there rules about what articles and other text I can scan myself and make available to students using my Sakai course management site?
• I have two journals articles that I want every student in my class to read. May I make enough copies for everyone and hand them out? What about putting them in the library’s e-Reserves system? The library subscribes to both journals from which the articles are taken?
• Students in my language class are doing performances of plays and recitals of poetry that are being recorded. May I place these recordings where students in the class can watch them repeatedly to enforce the learning? Can I put them on the open Web to showcase my students’ talent?
• Since I am allowed to show a video in class to my students, can I also put a digital version of the same film into my course Sakai site where enrolled students can watch at their convenience?

3. How can I deal with DRM protected materials?

• First things first, What is DRM?
• Are DRM systems really protected by law?
• Do all digital products have DRM protection?
• I want to make a copy of a film that is not DRM protected. May I?
• I want to make a copy of a film that has DRM protection. May I?
• What are the exceptions to the anti-circumvention rules that enforce DRM?

4. How do I manage the copyright in my own work?

• What do I have to do to get a copyright?
• Should I register my copyright?
• Do I have to give my copyright to a publisher?
• If my publication agreement transfers the copyright to my publisher, can I still use my own work?
• What rights should I retain when I publish my work?
• Can someone help me understand the publication agreement?

5. What should I know about how copyright and plagiarism relate?

• How is copyright related to plagiarism?
• What if I just take an idea from another source but do not copy the words?
• I am writing an encyclopedia article and want to cull some facts from earlier articles on the topic. I will also quote a few passages from the same sources. Is there a copyright problem?
• Where can I learn more about plagiarism?

6. What do institutional repositories and open access have to do with me?

• What copyright licensing issues are involved in digital publishing?