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The Meredith Copyright Information Web Page


Meredith Copyright Policy
Meredith College expects students, faculty and staff to be familiar with and obey copyright law.  At a minimum, members of the Meredith community should have a basic understanding of Fair Use concepts.  Users of Blackboard should be aware of additional limitations as described in the TEACH Act.  Supplementary copyright instruction sessions will be offered annually to the Meredith community.

Copyright Infringement Notification

What is fair use?

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The following websites include copyright tutorials and discussions that will help members of the Meredith community to follow copyright guidelines:
NCSU Copyright Tutorial
University of Texas System Crash Course in Copyright
Alverno College Copyright Policy and Guidelines for Fair Use
Regents Guide to Understanding Copyright & Educational Fair Use (University System of Georgia)
Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians (an informational circular from the Library of Congress.)
Rules for determining whether a protected work is in the public domain, by Lolly Gasaway
The Copyright Clearance Center is a resource for getting permission to use a copyrighted work.

Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright:
Can I download a computer game?
Can I download a movie?
Can my club show a movie?
Can I give copies of a journal article to my class?


Ask your own copyright question and we'll post the answers here!

 



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