Copyright for Faculty
Authorized Copyright Agent: Chris Chairsell, Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs | copyright@pcc.edu
Do you have questions like these?
Copyright law for librarians & educators
Creative strategies and practical solutions.
Available at all campus libraries.
- Can I create a pdf of some pages of my textbook and post it on the class website for the first week of the term?
- I am teaching a class online. Can I post an article from a database that I found on the PCC website to my course shell?
- I am full time faculty. I have been working on an online academic tool and would like to ask you how I go about copyrighting/patenting the code. I would be grateful for any information that any of you have on the subject.
- Find out the answers to these frequently asked questions for faculty and more!
- Fair Use
- Fair use permits the reproduction of creative works for criticism, comment, news reporting, scholarship, research and teaching.
- TEACH Act
- A copyright exemption that makes possible an unprecedented use and display of copyrighted materials for online education. This is valuable for faculty in distance programs as well as those using online resources in their curriculum.
Related websites
- Exceptions for instructors in U.S. Copyright Law
- An easy-to-use tool produced by the Copyright Advisory Network (A community of librarians, copyright scholars and policy wonks).