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Copyright
[This page is provided for informational purposes only and should
not be taken as legal advice from Johnson C. Smith University]
General Information
Copying of
Books
It is a violation of copyright law to reproduce a copyrighted book
in full unless its is done for narrowly defined preservation
purposes. Rarely will anyone other than a member of the Archives
staff have justification to reproduce an entire book. Instead the physical book itself must be placed on
reserve at the library.
Copying of Articles
Placing a journal article on reserve for student’s academic work is
permitted under the “fair use” provisions of copyright law.
*However,
if an article is placed on reserve perpetually or recurrently, in
most cases the University must pay a fee to the copyright holder. Planned replication of full articles rarely falls under the
“fair use” provisions. Unless the decision to make copies for each
student in a class is “spontaneous” (i.e., very last minute),
faculty should make readings available through the library’s reserve
system. Copyright fees apply to material reproduced.
Multimedia
Presentations
Students and faculty may incorporate copyrighted material into
multimedia presentations for face-to-face presentation or in
distance education classes. Limits on copying are:
- Motion
Media--10% of whole or 3 minutes, whichever is less
- Text
materials--10% of whole or 1000 words, whichever is less
- Music
lyrics or video--10%, but never more than 30 seconds
Images Downloaded from Web Sites
Copyrighted
images downloaded from Web sites may be reproduced on other Web
sites or in other media with the express permission of the copyright
holder. Web surfers are advised to check carefully for copyright
statements on Web sites. All should assume that images of cartoon
characters, corporate logos, are protected by copyright and should
not be reproduced without permission. Copyright holders normally
charge a fee for use of these images; payment for such fees is the
user’s responsibility.
Please be
advised of the following copyright policies that the James B. Duke
Memorial Library abides
by:
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Poetry: (a) A complete poem if less than 250 words and if
printed on not more than two pages or, (b) from a longer poem, an
excerpt of not more than 250 words.
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Prose: (a) Either a complete
article, story or essay of less than 2,500 words, or (b) an excerpt
from any prose work of not more than 1,000 words or 10% of the work,
whichever is less, but in any event a minimum of 500 words.
(Each of
the numerical limits stated above may be expanded to permit the completion
of an unfinished line of a poem or of an unfinished prose
paragraph.)
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Illustration: One chart, graph,
diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture per book or per periodical
issue.
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''Special'' works: Certain works
in poetry, prose or in ''poetic prose'' which often combine language
with illustrations and which are intended sometimes for children and
at other times for a more general audience fall short of 2,500 words
in their entirety. Paragraph ''ii'' above notwithstanding such
''special works'' may not be reproduced in their entirety; however,
an excerpt comprising not more than two of the published pages of
such special work and containing not more than 10% of the words
found in the text thereof, may be reproduced.
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Course reserves: All course
reserves will be removed after the last day of each semester in
accordance with the above copyright regulation.*
Therefore, faculty are asked to please
contact their
liaison librarian for assistance in locating materials for
subsequent semesters.
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