|
|
|
| Resources & Collections Library Services About the Library News & Announcements | ||
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION |
| CONTENTS: | ||
|
What is copyright Copyright for Educators CSUS Copyright Policy Copyright to Public Domain Availability |
Copyright Database Related Guides Return to Library Home Page |
|
|
WHAT IS COPYRIGHT
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following... (information from U.S. Copyright Office website) For more information about Copyright see :
Return to top of the page
COPYRIGHT FOR EDUCATORS See the following links for information/answers on Copyright issues for Educators.
Return to top of the page
CSUS COPYRIGHT POLICY
Return to top of the page
COPYRIGHT/PUBLIC DOMAIN AVAILABILITY COPYRIGHT TERM & THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES (Cornell University) This chart provides the term of copyright all types of works (text, sound recordings, architectural) that are published and unpublished in and outside the US, and when they are available in the public domain. Return to top of the page
COPYRIGHT DATABASE SEARCH COPYRIGHT DATABASE Search copyright of works registered 1978. Registrations made before 1978 are not available to be searched on the Copyright Office web site. That information is only available in the Card Catalog files located at the Library of Congress. Information on seaching that information can be found here Return to top of the page
RELATED CSUS RESEARCH GUIDE Writing Guides: Plagerism Return to top of the page
|
|
A Sacramento State Library Research Guide. Contact Ben Amata, Reference Librarian at bamata@csus.edu for questions/comments
Last updated 6/09 |