Brief video explaining the basics of copyright, fair use, public domain, Open Educational Resources (OER), and Creative Commons licensing.
Further explanation can be found in GTC Libraries' Copyright in Courses presentation recording.
Greenville Technical College provides an administrative policy on copyright and intellectual property and a copyright compliance form to help employees, students, and others document efforts to properly use copyrighted materials and comply with United States Copyright Law (Title 17, United States Code, Sect 101, et seq.)
The U.S. Copyright Office is an agency of the federal government.
Copyright Basics
A helpful guide from the U.S. Copyright Office
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs from the U.S. Copyright Office
Learn how to register your original works with the U.S. Copyright Office
A helpful brochure from the Association of Research Libraries
Cornell University School of Law's keyword-searchable index to Title 17
Explains fair use and provides analysis resources and examples to help you evaluate whether fair use can be acceptably applied to your circumstances.
Exceptions for Instructors
Self-guided evaluation of instructor planned copyright use by the American Library Association
TEACH Act
Brief guide to the TEACH Act by the Copyright Clearance Center
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
18-page summary of the original 60-page DMCA of 1998
Search the University of Texas' WATCH database to find out who holds copyrights and how to contact to ask permission
You may share copyrighted materials in the following situations:
Uploading or downloading copyrighted works that are not subject to fair use without the permission of the copyright owner is a violation of Greenville Technical College policies and U.S. Copyright Law. GTC has an account with the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) to help faculty and staff acquire licenses for limited use of copyrighted materials.
Other possible sources of permission include:
Search the University of Texas' WATCH database to find out who holds the copyright and how to contact them for use permission
Contact the Greenville Technical College Copyright Officer :
Tara Weekes
Director of Learning Resources
Barton Campus, Building 105, Room 129
(864) 236-6500
Tara.Weekes@gvltec.edu
Greenville Technical College Libraries maintains this guide to provide a resource for copyright-related information and services. The information presented in this guide is for information purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for actual legal advice. Please consult an expert in copyright law for legal advice.