Copyright Laws and the Internet

General Guidelines

As long as you limit use of the copyrighted work to inside your classroom, you are operating well within the copyright laws.

1. Always give proper credit to any borrowed Internet work in all reports and essays.
2. If you post a copyrighted work (photograph) on-line or take it outside the classroom, contact the original owner of the copyright for permission: e-mail the site's WebMaster for permission.
3. Make sure that you or your students don't download and repost copies of a painting or a piece of software that is for sale on-fine.
   When in doubt, always ask for permission.

Sites available with more information:

•  http://www.classroom.net/classroom/CitingNetRouseources.html

• http://web.capco.com/capco/QACopyright.html 

• http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

• http://www.counsel.com/cyberspace 

• http://199.233.193.l/cybereng/ethics/ 

• http://199.233.193.l/cylib.html#copy 

• http://199.233.193.l/cybereng/nyt/ethics.htm 

• http://www.bham.wednet.deu/copyright.htm