Category: Copyright

Fair Use Week 2024

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Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is February 26th-March 1st. This post by our amazing Copyright and Intellectual Property Librarian, LeEtta Schmidt, talks about collections like Google Books or HathiTrust in relation to fair use. Fair Use Infographic. Designed by YIPPA and commissioned by …Continue Reading

10 Things to Do When Getting a Publishing Contract

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Guest post by by LeEtta Schmidt, Copyright and Intellectual Property Librarian, and Jason Boczar, Digital Scholarship and Publishing Librarian  Read it thoroughly.  This includes any click through agreement that might be part of a journal manuscript submission system.    Talk with your co-authors.  …Continue Reading

Fair Use and Fair Use Week

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Another post about copyright from copyright expert, LeEtta Schmidt, is about Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week  (Feb. 21-25) and what fair use is all about.

Workshops for Researchers in November & December

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New workshops have just been added to the line up for our The USF Workshops for Researchers series. These workshops are suitable for active researchers, including faculty, graduate students and undergraduate student researchers.  They include: Data Analytics Workshops Introduction to R Wednesday, …Continue Reading

Fair Use Week 2021

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Guest post by Copyright and Intellectual Property Librarian, LeEtta Schmidt. One of your research sources makes a provocative statement with authority and insight.  You quote this source in your latest article to illustrate how other scholars are analyzing your topic.  You have …Continue Reading

How the Public Domain is Important for Art

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Inspiration in the Public Domain by LeEtta Schmidt.  Read all about how material in the public domain can be used to create something new, whether it be a parody, adaptation or imagery.

What is Fair Use?

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Feel free to share this video with teachers who may have questions about fair use.

Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week

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Commissioned by the Association of Research Libraries, Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week from February 24-28 is “designed to highlight and promote fair use/fair dealing, to explain these concepts and to celebrate successful stories.  This downloadable Fair Use Fundamentals infographic explains what fair use …Continue Reading

Can Book Piracy Be Stopped?

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The problem of illegally downloaded books is a growing one. This article in The Guardian discusses this trend.