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Copyright

**Please Note**
The flow charts and advice given on this page are not intended as legal guidance. This is information provided to help the Augsburg teaching and learning community to understand copyright issues and promote common approaches to similar topics. 

For more detailed information see the Augsburg University Official Copyright Notice.

Can I post it to Moodle?

Copyright issues with course materials usually come up because you're making copies. Handing out physical copies and uploading files to your course website are both activities that make copies. Both may be allowed sometimes under copyright law, but at other times they require permission from copyright owners.

Copyright Flowchart: Articles by Sara Fillbrandt

Articles from Databases

If you need to post to your Moodle page it is OK to provide a link to an article in one of the library's databases. Our licenses permit linking.

Here are some examples of what you can do:

  • Link to an article in a library database.
  • Link to an image in ARTstor.
  • Link to a film clip in Films on Demand.
  • Link to Naxos music.
  • Email article links to members of your class.
  • You may post an article from a printed journal owned by the library.

Not sure how to get a link to share? Check out our FAQ here: https://augsburg.libanswers.com/faq/399768

Copyright Flowchart: Books & eBooks by Sara Fillbrandt

Books

Content physically copied or printed from the library's books or from your own personal copies can be used, but should not exceed 10% of the total work.

EXCEPTION: you are linking students directly to an ebook in the library's databases, then feel free to link to as much or little of a book as you'd like. 

Not sure how to get a link to share in Moodle or with your students? Check out our FAQ: https://augsburg.libanswers.com/faq/399768

Copyright Flowchart: Images by Sara Fillbrandt

Images from Databases

If you need to post to your Moodle page it is OK to provide a link to an image from one of the library's databases. Our licenses permit linking.

Here are some examples of what you can do:

  • Link to an image in ARTstor.
  • Link to a film clip in Films on Demand.
  • Email links of images to members of your class.
  • Include images found in ArtStor or Britannica Original Sources in a slideshow presentation (with attribution).

Not sure how to get a link to share? Check out our FAQ here: https://augsburg.libanswers.com/faq/399768

The permitted use of films and videos is dependent on the mode of teaching.

Copyright Flowchart: Videos by Sara Fillbrandt

Virtual Classroom

Permissions to use media in a virtual classroom come from adherence to The TEACH Act (Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act) of 2002. The instructor and institution using/displaying a video and film in distance education or a virtual classroom can only use a reasonable and limited showing of portions of the film/video in a "live" or synchronous class.

The TEACH Act also requires the institution to develop/make public a copyright policy. Augsburg has not yet put this in place.

For more on The TEACH Act, check out these links:

Using Video and Film in a Virtual Classroom

Here's how you can use video and film in the virtual classroom.

  • Provide links in Moodle to one of the library's film databases.
  • Link to videos or films that are already available online such as archive.org or the US Government Channel.
  • Link to videos in Creative Commons.
  • Link to videos in the Public Domain.
  • Link to the Library's Naxos Music Library.
  • Link to news websites like WCCO or CNN.

Have questions about performance rights? See our FAQ: https://augsburg.libanswers.com/faq/398621

Creative Commons

Use with attribution. What is Creative Commons?

Public Domain

Use with attribution. What is the Public Domain?

Government Resources

Use with attribution.

Items freely available from the Web

Use with attribution.

Potential Problems

These are examples of things you may not be able to do:

  • Do not upload an article you received through interlibrary loan.
  • Do not upload PDFs of articles from the library's databases; link to them instead.
  • Do not upload portions of broadcasts or films.  You can provide links to them.
  • Do not post links to music that you have recorded without obtaining written permission from copyright holder.
  • Do not upload images without permission from the copyright holder.
  • Remember, one poem is a complete work; complete works cannot be posted.