NW-SCC Distance Education - Copyright Information for Faculty and Students

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Why is copyright important to me?

Students who create any type of presentation using copyrighted materials should follow "fair use" guidelines. To find out more about "fair use", visit the NW-SCC Distance Education Copyright Policy page or one of the helpful links below.

The American Distance Education Consortium
http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/fair10-17.html

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/hr2281.pdf

TEACH Act Documentation

http://www.nwscc.edu/teachact.pdf

Note:

The TEACH Act Documentation is contained in the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act. The full text of this Act can be accessed at the link below.

http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/pl107-273.pdf

American Library Association - Information on TEACH Act and Distance Education

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Distance_Education_and_the_TEACH_Act&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=25939#newc

Background Information on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

http://www.copyright.gov/disted/

Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia - Guide to Understanding Copyright and Fair Use

http://www.usg.edu/admin/legal/copyright

Education World Website
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech121.shtml

Georgia Perimeter College
http://www.gpc.edu

How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ22.pdf
North Carolina State University Library Copyright Website
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/scc/index.html

To obtain more information about Distance Education at Northwest-Shoals:

E-mail the Department of Distance Education.

Contact the Distance Education Department at (256) 331-5395.

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