Scholarly Communication Librarian
UCF Libraries Office of Scholarly Communication
NOTE: Any information provided here should not be considered legal advice.
Fair Use & Emergency Remote Teaching & Research: "While legal obligations do not automatically dissolve in the face of a public health crisis, U.S. copyright law is, thankfully, well equipped to provide the flexibility necessary for the vast majority of remote learning needed at this time.... For copies made to support rapid adoption of remote teaching, users should be thoughtful about this factor [amount & substantiality], but not agonize over it: a use can be fair as long as it reproduces what is reasonable to serve the purpose.... Campuses should restrict access to course materials only to students, instructors, or teaching assistants enrolled in the course. Further, they should provide content only for the period of time needed, and excerpt materials when pedagogically appropriate."
excerpts from "Public Statement of Library Copyright Specialists"
excerpts from "Public Statement of Library Copyright Specialists"
- Copyright & Teaching OnlineThe Center for Distributed Learning's Teaching Online resources provides an overview of copyright and fair use.
Faculty and staff with specific questions about copyright law should contact the UCF Office of the General Counsel.
- UCF General CounselLegal Services & Advice for UCF related business.
Copyright Clearance Center
- Education Continuity License: Copyright Permissions for Educational Use (Copyright Clearance Center) - program ceased July 31, 2020Confirmed with CCC staff on 9/21/20 that program ceased as of 7/31/20.
previous process: Faculty: Fill out the Authorization Form which includes a dropdown list of participating publishers.
"Educators in the U.S. are contacting CCC with questions about using copyrighted materials in their student lessons during the pandemic. As CCC is not able to offer advice as to whether a license to use the material is required, CCC has coordinated with publishers to authorize the use of publishers’ materials in distance learning models and other uses as required by the pandemic, at no cost to the user, during this time of emergency....This authorization is valid through August 1, 2020."
Copyright clarifications
- Webinar: "Yes, you can scan that textbook" (ASERL)March 17th webinar, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries