VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #U004

copyrighted work that can reasonably be used in educational multimedia projects regardless of the original medium from which the copyrighted works are taken. Only two copies of the student educational multimedia project may be made, for reserve and preservation purposes. Attribution and acknowledgement are required. Students and faculty must credit the sources of the copyrighted works, display copyright notice and ownership information, and include notice of use restrictions. • Copyrighted Music, Lyrics, and Music Videos: Up to 10%, but in no event more than 30 seconds. • Motion Media Work: No more than 3 minutes. • Photographs and Illustrations: No more than 5 images by an artist or photographer. For photographs or illustrations from a published collective work, no more than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less. 4.3 Requesting Copyright Permission Respect for intellectual property is essential in an academic community. VCOM supports full utilization of the rights of fair use and the rights granted to educational institutions and libraries under copyright law. Where uses of copyrighted works of authorship will exceed those permitted by fair use and other statutory exceptions, permission to use the copyrighted works of authorship should be obtained from the copyright owner. All faculty requesting and obtaining copyright permission shall do so by submitting a request to the VCOM librarian. The librarian shall retain a record of all requests and responses. 5. D IGITAL M ILLENNIUM C OPYRIGHT A CT The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a federal law that was enacted in 1998 to combat the theft of electronic media such as software, games, photography, videos, or music over the internet. The DMCA is a complex act designed to manage digital copyright infringement and liability in many ways, including but not limited to the following: • imposes rules prohibiting the circumvention of technological protection measures in place on copyrighted materials • imposes rules prohibiting the production and distribution of any technology (hardware or software) whose main purpose is to circumvent copyright protection mechanisms • sets limitations on copyright infringement liability for internet service providers (such as UVA) The DMCA has five titles, or sections, with Title II having the most immediate impact on the VCOM community. Title II outlines certain legal duties with which Online Service Providers (OSPs) must comply in order to limit their legal liabilities in the event a user of their service violates copyright laws. An OSP is defined as "an entity offering the transmission, routing, or providing of connections for digital online communications". For purposes of the DMCA,

VCOM Copyright and Fair Use of Instructional Materials Policy

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