Throughout the year, CTE offers a series of timely programs open to the entire SMU teaching community. Topics range from the theoretical to the practical, from time-tested to ripped from the headlines. The programs are presented by recognized experts from within the SMU faculty, and are designed to foster discussion about teaching and learning issues. Watch your email for announcements and opportunities to register.
Don't Get Sued: Copyright and the University Professor
HELD: Thursday, April 18, 2013
3:30 - 5:00
Innovation Gymnasium, Caruth 108
The laws governing fair use of copyrighted materials have always been hazy, and digitization and the internet have added complications galore. In the litigation against Georgia State University, for example, individual faculty members were sued for things they had posted on Blackboard. Join us for a discussion of what instructors and students should and shouldn't do, and suggestions for legally sharing copyrighted works.
Presenter: Assistant Professor Susan Bruning (MA, JD)
Arts Management & Arts Entrepreneurship
Meadows School of the Arts
Resources:
Copyright CCUMC Fair Use Guidelines
Copyright Office Circular 21
Bruning Copyright Presentation
Bruning Presentation Resource List
Fair Use Checklist
Finding and Using Creative Commons Images (Notre Dame)
Know Your Copy Rights: Resources for Teaching Faculty
Finding Non-Copyrighted Images for Presentations (Vanderbilt)
SMU Resource: Understanding Copyright
Database of copyright contacts (Harry Ransom Center, UT)
Copyright and Fair Use Guidance (U Maryland University College)
Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford)
Questions & Answers on Copyright for the Campus Community (National Association of College Stores)
Note: This program will discuss copyright law generally; it will not provide specific individual legal advice.
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