What's Okay on Your Web Site:

• Hyperlinks to copyrighted material on other sites
• Materials (text, graphics, etc.) you have created yourself and for which you control the copyright
• Materials for which the copyright owner has given express permission for reproduction on the Web
• Materials which are in the public domain because:

*The copyright has expired

*The material was never copyrighted

*The material was produced by Federal government employees/agencies and thus could never be copyrighted (Caution: material created by Federal contractors and grantees CAN be copyrighted.)

What's NOT Okay on Your Web Site:

• Copyrighted material you have obtained from any other source (on-line or off-line)
• Use of copyrighted material which would be educational "fair use" off-line
• Public domain material in editions or translations which are still under copyright
• Material you created yourself but for which you assigned the copyright to someone else (e.g., a journal or a book publisher)
  

To learn more about copyright:

Guide to Fair Use of Copyrighted Works Consortium for Educational Technology for University Systems (CSU, SUNY, CUNY)

17 U.S.C. 101 United States Code: Current Copyright Law:

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Last updated: January 16, 1998