Copyright and Patent Procedures
P6Hx23-1.35 COPYRIGHT AND PATENT - PHOTOCOPYINGPurpose and scope This procedure is intended to assist faculty and staff of St. Petersburg College to understand and to comply with copyright law that governs the photocopying of printed materials and off-air copying by videotape. I. Extent of Photocopying Rights The Copying Act of 1976, a federal law, is the sole statute governing copyright of written materials in the United States. Under the act, the owner of copyright in a work has the exclusive right to reproduce the work in copies or to distribute the copies to the "public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending." II. Duration of Copyright Copyright in most written works created on or after January 1, 1978, lasts from their creation through the life of the author plus 50 years. Creation of a written work occurs when it is first "fixed in copy," that is, when it is first written down or otherwise recorded. For works created before January 1, 1978, the basic effect of the act is to extend, or to allow extension of, copyright subsisting under prior law at the effective date of the 1976 Act, for a total duration of 75 years. III. Exceptions to Copyright Ownership in a work prohibits another's copying the work or distributing copies of the work unless one or more of the following conditions exists:
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A. No copyright Copying is indicated on a work by the letter "C" in a circle, or the work "Copyright," or the abbreviation "Copr.," followed by the year of first publication and the name of the copyright owner. Absence of copyright notice on a work published prior to January 1, 1978, leaves the work unprotected by copyright. Absence of copyright notice on a particular copy of a work "publicly distributed by authority of the copyright owner" after January 1, 1978, does not invalidate copyright in a work if certain remedial actions are taken by the copyright owner or certain statutorily specified circumstances surround the omission. However, one who innocently or in good faith is misled by the lack of copyright notice on a particular authorized copy will be protected in any subsequent infringement action for actual or statutory damages down to the date of actual notice to the user of copyright registration. The details of this "innocent" or "good faith" infringer clause are discussed below under "Infringement remedies/defense." B. Expired copyright A work whose copyright has expired lies in the public domain and may be freely copied. Determination that a copyright has expired should be made by reference to provisions discussed above under "Duration of copyright." I-57 Procedure
C. Public domain Works that were never copyrighted or whose copyright has expired lie in the public domain and are available to anyone to copy. Among the works that are public domain from their creation are publications of the U. S. Government, which are not copyrightable. While an original work may lie in the public domain, any edition or other derivation of the work may be copyrighted by the author of the derivative work (e.g., the publisher or editor of a particular printing). Therefore, indication of copyright on the particular copy of the work intended for photocopying, not the age of the parent work, is the basis for determining copyright status. D. Fair use The Copyright Act of 1976 gives the status of statutory law to certain use of copyrighted works that prior to January 1, 1978, was privileged only under various court holdings. This is "fair use" as authorized under Section 107 of the 1976 Act, which reads as follows: "Section 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair Use" "Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 106 [exclusive rights of copyright owner], the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies of phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use, the factors to be considered shall include:" I-58 Procedure
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and (4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. " Though now a statutory privilege, not merely a judicial doctrine, fair use remains a difficult protection to measure for several reasons, two of them being:
In response to these uncertain boundaries of the fair use privilege representatives of the publishing industry and education negotiated as a minimum "safe harbor" the "Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom copying in Not-for-Profit Educational Institutions." These guidelines are provided as Attachment A to this procedure as one means to help gauge whether particular photocopying lies within the fair use privilege. It should be noted, however, that the purpose of the negotiators, to define a minimum usage, is clearly stated in the Guidelines and that the quantitative sections of the Guidelines have more apparent utility at a small elementary or secondary I-59 Procedure
school than at a university or large college. However, some of the qualitative parts of the Guidelines, like "Spontaneity," are thoroughly consistent with the standards of Section 107 itself and are also realistic tests for faculty and staff to apply in judging the propriety of particular copying. In like manner, "Guidelines for Educational Uses of Music" were negotiated among music publishers, music teachers, and schools of music. These Guidelines are useful minimum criteria for air use of music by copying and are made Attachment B to this statement. Videotapes 1. Off-air copying In addition, in 1981, a national committee developed guidelines for off-air copying. These guidelines are also useful and are attached as Attachment C. 2. Classroom performances of videotapes Under the "fair use" exemption, instructors may use copyrighted videotapes in the classroom as a part of face-to-face instruction, so long as the following conditions are met:
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E. Library and archival copying Section 108 of the 1976 Copyright Act establishes some closely limited privileges for photocopying and distribution by libraries and archives. These privileges are somewhat similar to "fair use" under Section 107, but there are many significant differences. All the privileges of photocopying under Section 108 require that the copy:
1. Preservation Copying that qualifies under the three initial conditions, above, may be used to preserve and keep secure an unpublished work or to deposit an unpublished work for research at another library qualifying under (b), above. This work, however, must be currently in the copying library's collection and be copied in "facsimile form"; that is, the copy must be a total reproduction, not a partial or edited version. 2. Replacement Copying that meets the three initial conditions above may also be used to replace a damaged, deteriorating, lost, or stolen copy of a published work if, after reasonable effort, the library has been unable to find an unused replacement I-61 Procedure
available at a fair price. The copy, too, must be made only in facsimile form. 3. Excerpts Copying that meets three initial conditions above may be used to reproduce "no more than one article or other contribution to a copyrighted collections or periodical issue, or to...a small part of any other copyrighted work" if, in addition:
4. Whole works Copying that meets the three initial conditions, above, and the three conditions of 3. above, may be used to reproduce an "entire work or...a substantial part of it" if the library also "has first determined, on the basis of a reasonable investigation that a copy...of the copyrighted work cannot be obtained at a fair price." 5. Unsupervised copying machines If a library has an unsupervised copier on its premises and if an unsupervised user copies materials in a manner I-62 Procedure
infringing their copyright, neither the library nor its employees will be liable for the infringement if at the copying machine there was posted a notice "that the making of a copy may be subject to the copyright law." 6. Excessive copying No individual may use a library's unsupervised copier or request a library to copy excerpts of a work, as contemplated under Section 108, in a manner exceeding the fair use limitations of Section 107 either as to the extent of the copying or as to the later use of the copy. 7. External standards No privilege established by Section 108 either extends or diminishes the fair use privileges under Section 107 or the terms under an agreement between the library and the supplier of a work in the library's collections. For instance, either Section 107 or a publisher's subscription agreement might permit a library to make multiple copies of a magazine article for classroom use although Section 108 is limited to the making of single copies. 8. Repeated copying The single copies authorized by Section 108 are limited to "isolated and unrelated" reproduction, and exclude copying where the library or its employee "is aware or has substantial reason to believe" that copying on one occasion or series of occasions is causing multiple copies of the same material. Section 108 also does not authorize "systematic" copying except interlibrary arrangements not having the "purpose or effect" of providing the receiving library ''such aggregate quantities as to substitute for a subscription to or purchase of such work." (Voluntary guidelines for interlibrary arrangements, developed by the I-63 Procedure
National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU), are provided as Attachment E of this procedure.) 9. Exclusion of nonverbal works Copying of musical, pictorial, or graphic works is not authorized under Section 108 except in these two circumstances:
F. Permission of copyright owner While permission to copy or distribute a copyrighted work has been given by the owner of the copyright, there is no infringement liability for the copying or distribution so authorized. In most cases, the copyright notice at the front of the work will indicate the owner. The owner should then be addressed in the manner indicated in the sample permission letter at Attachment F of this procedure. (When noted thereon, journal articles may be licensed for copying through the Copyright Clearance Center, 310 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017.) Unknown copyright holders in published works may often be identified through The Literary Marketplace (for books) and Ulrich's International Periodicals (for journals). I-64 Procedure
IV. Infringement Remedies Civil Action The owner of a work whose copyright has been infringed may sue the infringer and seek the following remedies:
V. Criminal Proceedings A person who infringes a copyright by copying printed materials "willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private I-65 Procedure
financial gain shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year or both," as the court may determine. In addition, the infringing copies may, in the court's discretion, be forfeited and destroyed or otherwise disposed of. Fraudulent attachment, removal, or alteration of a copyright notice carries a maximum fine of $2,500. VI. Notices The copyright notice to be posted above unsupervised copiers is attached as Attachment G. The copyright notice is to be posted where word processing work is submitted. ATTACHMENT A AGREEMENT ON GUIDELINES FOR CLASSROOM COPYING The purpose of the following guidelines is to state the minimum and not the maximum standards of educational fair use under Section 107 of H.R. 2223. The parties agree that the conditions determining the extent of permissible copying for educational purposes may change in the future; that certain types of copying permitted under these guidelines may not be permissible in the future; and conversely that in the future, other types of copying not permitted under these guidelines may be permissible under revised guidelines. Moreover, the following statement of guidelines is not intended to limit the types of copying permitted under the standards of fair use under judicial decision and which are stated in Section 107 of the Copyright Revision Bill. There may be instances in which copying which does not fall within the guidelines stated below may nonetheless be permitted under the criteria of fair use. I-66 Procedure
GUIDELINES I. Single Copying For Teachers: A single copy may be made of any of the following by or for a teacher at his or her individual request for his or her scholarly research or use in teaching or preparation to teach a class:
II. Multiple Copies for Classroom Use: Multiple copies (not to exceed in any event more than one copy per pupil in a course) may be made by or for the teacher giving the course for classroom use or discussion provided that:
Definitions: Brevity: i. Poetry: (a) A complete poem if less than 250 words and if printed on not more than two pages or (b) from a longer poem, an excerpt of not more than 250 words. I-67 Procedure
ii. Prose: (a) Either a complete article, story or essay of less than 2,500 words, or (b) an excerpt from any prose work of not more than 1,000 words or 10% of the work, whichever is less, but in any event a minimum of 500 words. [Each of the numerical limits stated in "i" and "ii" above may be expanded to permit the completion of an unfinished line of a poem or of an unfinished prose paragraph.] iii. Illustration: One chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture per book or per periodical issue. iv. "Special" works: Certain works in poetry, prose or in "poetic prose" which often combine language with illustrations and which are intended sometimes for children and at other times for a more general audience fall short of 2,500 words in their entirety. Paragraph "ii" above notwithstanding such "special works" may not be reproduced in their entirety; however, an excerpt comprising not more than two of the published pages of such special work and containing not more than 10% of the words found in the text thereof, may be reproduced. Spontaneity: i. The copying is at the instance and inspiration of the individual teacher, and ii. The inspiration and decision to use the work and the moment of its use for maximum teaching effectiveness are so close in time that it would be unreasonable to expect a timely reply to a request for permission. Cumulative Effect: i. The copying of the material is for only one course in the school in which the copies are made. I-68 Procedure
ii. Not more than one short poem, article, story, essay or two excerpts may be copied from the same author, nor more than three from the same collective work or periodical volume during one class term. iii. There shall not be more than nine instances of such multiple copying for one course during one class term. [The limitations stated in "ii" and "iii" above shall not apply to current news periodicals and newspapers and current news sections of other periodicals.] III. Prohibitions as to I and II above: Notwithstanding any of the above, the following shall be prohibited:
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ATTACHMENT B GUIDELINES UNDER FAIR USE FOR MUSIC The purpose of the following guidelines is to state the minimum and not the maximum standards of educational fair use under Section 107 of HR.2223. The parties agree that the conditions determining the extent of permissible copying for educational purposes may change in the future; that certain types of copying permitted under these guidelines may not be permissible in the future; and conversely that in the future, other types of copying not permitted under these guidelines may be permissible under revised guidelines. Moreover, the following statement of guidelines is not intended to limit the types of copying permitted under the standards of fair use under judicial decision and which are stated in Section 107 of the Copyright Revision Bill. There may be instances in which copying which does not fall within the guidelines stated below may nonetheless be permitted under the criteria of fair use. I. Permissible Uses
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II. Prohibitions
ATTACHMENT C GUIDELINES FOR OFF-AIR RECORDING I. The guidelines were developed to apply only to off-air recording by nonprofit educational institutions. I-71 Procedure
II. A broadcast program may be recorded off-air simultaneously with broadcast transmission (including simultaneous cable re-transmission) and retained by a nonprofit educational institution for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) calendar days after date of recording. Upon conclusion of such retention period, all off-air recordings must be erased or destroyed immediately. "Broadcast programs" are televised programs transmitted by television stations for reception by the general public without charge. III. Off-air recordings may be used once by individual teachers in the course of relevant teaching activities, and repeated once only when instructional reinforcement is necessary, in classrooms and similar places devoted to instruction within a single building, cluster or campus, as well as in the homes of students receiving formalized home instruction, during the first ten (10) consecutive school days in the forty-five day calendar day retention period. "School days" are school session days--not counting weekends, holidays, vacations, examination periods, or other scheduled interruptions--within the forty-five calendar day retention period. IV. Off-air recordings may be made only at the request of and used by individual teachers, and may not be regularly recorded in anticipation of requests. No broadcast program may be recorded off-air more than once at the request of the same teacher, regardless of the number of times the program may be broadcast. V. A limited number of copies may be reproduced from each off-air recording to meet the legitimate needs of teachers under these guidelines. Each such additional copy shall be subject to all provisions governing the original recording. VI. After the first ten consecutive school days, off-air recordings may be used up to the end of the forty-five calendar day retention period only for teacher evaluation purposes, i.e., to determine whether or not to include the broadcast program in the teaching curriculum, and may not be used in the recording institution for student exhibition or any other nonevaluation purpose without authorization. I-72 Procedure
VII. Off-air recordings need not be used in their entirety, but the recorded programs may not be altered from their original content. Off-air recordings may not be physically or electronically combined or merged to constitute teaching anthologies or compilations. VIII. All copies of off-air recordings must include the copyright notice on the broadcast program as recorded. IX. Educational institutions are expected to establish appropriate control procedures to maintain the integrity of these guidelines. ATTACHMENT D Section 201.14 Warnings of copyright for use by certain libraries and archives. I. Definitions.
II. Contents. A Display Warning of Copyright and an Order Warning of Copyright shall consist of a verbatim reproduction of the following notice, printed in such size and form and displayed in such manner as to comply with paragraph (c) of this section: I-73 Procedure
NOTICE WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies of other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. III. Form and Manner of Use A. A Display Warning of Copyright shall be printed on heavy paper or other durable material in type at least 18 points in size, and shall be displayed prominently, in such manner and location as to be clearly visible, legible, and comprehensible to a casual observer within the immediate vicinity of the place where orders are accepted. B. An Order Warning of Copyright shall be printed within a box located prominently on the order form itself, either on the front side of the form or immediately adjacent to the space calling for the name or signature of the person using the form. The notice shall be printed in type size no smaller than that used predominantly throughout the form, and in no case shall the type size be smaller than 8 points. The notice shall be printed in such manner as to be clearly legible, comprehensible, and readily apparent to a casual reader of the form. I-74 Procedure
ATTACHMENT E GUIDELINES FOR INTERLIBRARY ARRANGEMENTS (The following is reprinted from the Conference Report Introduction Subsection 108(g)(2) of the bill deals, among other things, with limits on interlibrary arrangements for photocopying. It prohibits systematic photocopying of copyrighted materials but permits interlibrary arrangements "that do not have, as their purpose or effect, that the library or archives receiving such copies or phonorecords for distribution does so in such aggregate quantities as to substitute for a subscription to or purchase of such work." The National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works offered its good offices to the House and Senate subcommittees in bringing the interested parties together to see if agreement could be reached on what a realistic definition would be of "such aggregate quantities." The Commission consulted with the parties and suggested the interpretation which follows, on which there has been substantial agreement by the principal library, publisher, and author organizations. The Commission considers the guidelines which follow to be a workable and fair interpretation of the intent of the proviso portion of subsection 108(g)(2). These guidelines are intended to provide guidance in the application of Section 108 to the most frequently encountered interlibrary case; a library's obtaining from another library, in lieu of interlibrary loan, copies of articles from relatively recent issues of periodicals--those published within 5 years prior to the date of the request. The guidelines do not specify what aggregate quantity of copies of an article or articles published in a periodical, the issue date of which is more than 5 years prior to the date when the request for the copy thereof is made, constitutes a substitute for a I-75 Procedure
subscription to such periodical. The meaning of the proviso to subsection 108(g)(2) in such case is left to future interpretation. The point has been made that the present practice on interlibrary loans and use of photocopies in lieu of loans may be supplemented or even largely replaced by a system in which one or more agencies or institutions, public or private, exist for the specific purpose of providing a central source for photocopies. Of course, these guidelines would not apply to such a situation. Guidelines for the Proviso of Section 108(g)(2) I. As used in the proviso of subsection 108(g)(2), the words "...such aggregate quantities as to substitute for a subscription to or purchase of such work" shall mean:
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II. In the event that a requesting entity -
III. No request for a copy or phonorecord of any material to which these guidelines apply may be fulfilled by the supplying entity unless such request is accompanied by a representation by the requesting entity that the request was made in conformity with these guidelines. IV. The requesting entity shall maintain records of all requests made by it for copies or phonorecords of any materials to which these guidelines apply and shall maintain records of the fulfillment of such requests, which records shall be retained until the end of the third complete calendar year after the end of the calendar year in which the respective request shall have been made. V. As part of the review provided for in subsection 108(i), these guidelines shall be reviewed not later than 5 years from the effective date of this bill. I-77 Procedure
ATTACHMENT F SAMPLE LETTER REQUESTING PERMISSION TO COPY DATE Material Permissions Department Dear Sir or Madam: I would like permission to copy the following for continued use in my classes in future semesters: Title: GENETIC ENGINEERING, First Edition Copyright: Hypothetical Book Co., 1980 Author: Diana Cell Material to be duplicated: Chapters 10, 11, and 14. Number of copies: 500 Distribution: The material will be distributed to students in my classes and they will pay only the cost of the photocopying. Type of reprint: photocopy Use: The chapters will be used as supplementary teaching materials in my classes. I have enclosed a self-addressed envelope for your convenience in replying to this request. Sincerely yours, Faculty Member I-78 Procedure
ATTACHMENT G TO BE POSTED ABOVE UNSUPERVISED COPIERS NOTICE The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproduction of copyrighted material. A person using this equipment is liable for any infringement. I - 79 Procedure
ATTACHMENT H TO BE POSTED WHERE WORD PROCESSING WORK IS SUBMITTED
NOTICE WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproduction of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, and research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. I-80 Procedure
This warning is to be displayed on heavy paper or other durable material in type at least 18 points in size prominently in the vicinity where orders are accepted. The illustration above is set in 18 point type and may be copied for law library usage. See C.F.R. Section 201.14. History: Adopted - 8/14/87. Effective - 8/21/87. I-81 (The next page is I-83) |
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