BYU Copyright Licensing Office
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Personnel | Obtaining Permission | BYU Copyright Policies | Checklist for Fair Use | US Copyright Law & Statutes | Online Resources | Copyright Myths | Fair Use Documents | Copyright Presentations
Announcing the newly completed Copyright Tutorial!
This tutorial assists faculty, staff, and students in learning copyright basics, such as, rights of a copyright owner and some legal exemptions for educators. It includes case studies, video presentations, assessments, and a game.
Copyright 101
(Click on Professor Kopy Write to begin the tutorial.)
Mission Statement
The Copyright Licensing Office supports the academic and religious mission of Brigham Young University by (1) providing copyright education, training and policy advisement; (2) assuring effective and appropriate copyright/licensing practices; (3) organizing licensing/rights information in a central location, and (4) assessing national/international copyright policy and legal developments, to BYU faculty, staff, students, and the BYU community.
Location/Hours
The reception area of the Copyright Licensing Office is located in 3760 HBLL and is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. If you have questions regarding copyright or licensing issues, contact the department assistant at 801-422-9339 or at copyright@byu.edu.
Personnel
- Carl M. Johnson, Director
- 3760 HBLL
- 801-422-3821
- carl_johnson@byu.edu
Responsible for all functions of the Copyright Licensing Office, including budget, personnel, administration, customer service, licensing agreements, copyright policy/procedures, approves royalty payments, and general coordination of all matters pertaining to the effective functioning of the office.
- Susie Quartey, Associate Director
- 3760 HBLL
- 801-422-4467
- susie_quartey@byu.edu
In the absence of the director, responsible for all functions in the department. Responsible for developing policy, educating BYU/CES entities regarding copyright and licensing issues, copyright registrations, and maintains copyright licensing office homepage.
- Administrative Assistant
- 3760 HBLL
- 801-422-9339
Responsible for assisting the Director and Associate Director in processing requests for permissions (licenses); orders supplies, coordinates student employee schedules, and manages the administrative details of the office.
- Paul Angerhofer, Assistant General Counsel
- A-357 ASB
- 801-422-6727
- paul_angerhofer@byu.edu
Responsible for advising and assisting the Copyright Licensing Office and the University community with intellectual property related matters; including copyright, work-for-hire, and trade secret issues. Also responsible for providing legal advice, in the review and drafting of licensing agreements.
Obtaining Permission
The Copyright Licensing Office requests permission to use materials needed for teaching, scholarship, and research related needs at BYU. You may submit your request to our office by selecting our online Copyright Request Form. Your completion and submission of this form expedites the process of requesting permission.
In determining whether you may use portions of copyrighted works without permission, a "reasoned analysis" may permit some "fair" uses for nonprofit educational purposes. To do your analysis, complete and print the Checklist for Fair Use ( HTML | PDF | Word Doc ) to determine whether portions of copyrighted works may be used without permission. Do this analysis each time you want to determine fair use of a work. Contact the Copyright Licensing Office if you have any questions regarding the overall analysis and use of the checklist. You should complete each request on a separate checklist, sign, date, attach a copy of the material analyzed for fair use, and send it to the Copyright Licensing Office.
The table below illustrates available options for requesting copyright permission at Brigham Young University's Provo campus. Contact the Copyright Licensing Office if you have questions or need additional information at (801) 422-9339, by facsimile (801) 422-0463, or by email at copyinfo@byu.edu.
| Copyright Licensing Office (CLO) |
Bookstore Packet & Copyright Clearance Center |
Harold B. Lee Library Course Reserve |
Blackboard | Faculty Member | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costs charged to: | Faculty member or department | Students who purchase packets | CLO | Faculty member or department | Faculty member or department |
| Processed by: | CLO staff | Textbook Department staff: Tom Martin | Course Reserve staff | Faculty member (Unless brought to the CLO) | Faculty member (Unless brought to CLO) |
| Average processing time** | Domestic: 3 weeks International: 6 weeks |
Domestic: 10 weeks International: 10 weeks |
Domestic: 3 weeks International: 6 weeks |
Domestic: varies International: varies |
Domestic: varies International: varies |
Brigham Young University Copyright Policies
- Copyright Policy, found in Brigham Young University's Electronic Handbook. Requires Route Y username and password.
- Copyright Resource Material
- Notification of Claims of Copyright Infringement
- Copyright Infringement & Repeat Infringers
- Harold B. Lee Library Copyright Policy
- Intellectual Property Policy
United States Copyright Law & Statutes
- U.S. Copyright Office, on Copyright and related laws of the United States of America, Section 17
- Cornell Law School, information on Title 17 Copyright issues
- FindLaw Resources, connection to the U.S. Constitution, Clause 8, Copyrights and Patents
When copyright protection expires, the work enters the public domain. The laws governing how long copyright lasts have been revised several times; therefore, the determination of copyright status can be rather complex. The following chart summarizes copyright duration.
WHEN WORKS PASS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
Includes material from new Term Extension Act, PL 105-298
Lolly Gasaway, UNC-CH
| Date of Work | Protected From: | Term: |
|---|---|---|
| Created on January 1, 1978 or after | When work is fixed in tangible medium of expression | Life plus 70* years, (or if work of corporate authorship, 95 years from publication, or 120** years from creation, whichever is first) |
| Published before 1923 | Now in the public domain | None |
| Published from 1923 - 1963 | When published with copyright notice+ | 28 years, plus could be renewed for additional 47 years, plus now an additional 20 years for a total of 67 years; if not so renewed, now in public domain |
| Published 1964 - 1977 | When published with copyright notice | 28 years for first term; now automatic extension of 67 years for second term |
| Created before January 1, 1978, but not published | January 1, 1978 is the effective date of the 1976 Act which eliminated common law copyright | Life, plus 70 years, or December 31, 2002, whichever is greater |
| Created before January 1, 1978, but published between that date and December 31, 2002 | January 1, 1978 is the effective date of the 1976 Act which eliminated common law copyright | Life, plus 70 years or December 31, 2047, whichever is greater |
*Term of joint works is measured by life of the longest-lived author.
** Works for hire, anonymous and pseudonymous works also have this term. 17 U.S.C. § 302 (c).
+ Under the 1909 Act, works published, without notice went into the public domain upon publication. Works published without notice between January 1, 1978 and March 1, 1989, effective date of the Berne Convention Implementation Act, retained copyright only if, e.g., registration was made within five years. 17 U.S.C. § 405.
Notes courtesy of Professor Tom Field, Franklin Pierce Law Center
Online Resources
- U.S. Copyright Office includes extensive information on copyright.
- An online, interactive tutorial on copyright basics developed by UMUC's Center for Intellectual Property & Copyright.
- What Colleges and Universities Need to Know about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)," CAUSE/EFFECT, Volume 22 Number 1 1999.
- Crash Course in Copyright; Georgia K. Harper, Manager, Intellectual Property Section, Office of General Counsel, The University of Texas System
- Basic tutorial on Intellectual Property, file sharing, plagiarism, and more, by UCLA.
- Copyright and Fair Use information; Sponsored by the Council on Library Resources, FindLaw Internet Legal Resources, Stanford University Libraries, Academic Information
- Copyright Management Center; Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis
- Intellectual Property Newsflashes
- A compilation of resource information on copyright, intellectual property rights, and licensing issues
- Practical and relevant copyright information for anyone navigating the net
- Web Resources related to copyright, digital imaging, and museums
- Copyright FAQs compiled by a task group of CENDI, an intergovernmental agency
Copyright Myths
- Lloyd J. Jassin, Attorney, CopyLaw.com, answers some common copyright permission myths
- Brad Templeton attempts to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication. He was the founder, publisher and Chief Executive Officer of ClariNet Communications Corporation.
Online Fair Use Resources
- Fair-Use Issues; The Copyright Management Center
- Fair Use Guidelines for Electronic Reserve Systems; Georgia Harper, Office of General Counsel, University of Texas System
- Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Digital Images; Georgia Harper, Office of General Counsel, University of Texas System
- Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Distance Learning Programs; Georgia Harper, Office of General Counsel, University of Texas System
- Notifications Received from Organizations on the Proposals for Fair Use Guidelines; U.S. Patent and Trade Office
- Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia, Prepared by the Educational Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines Development Committee, July 17, 1996.
Copyright Presentations
- General information on copyright and the functions of the Copyright Licensing Office at BYU, prepared for English 415R students.
- Copyright Law in Cyberspace; Georgia K. Harper, Office of General Counsel, University of Texas System
- A variety of copyright topics prepared by Georgia K. Harper, Office of General Counsel, University of Texas System
Questions and Answers—PAF User's Group, 9 April 2005 (WORD 60k)