Copyright and Fair Use

At the UT Health Library, librarians get a lot of question about copyright. Although the ultimate authority for questions about copyright at the university is the Office of Legal Affairs, here is some basic information that is important for all students and faculty to understand. 

• Five Myths About Copyright
• Five Principles for Copyright Success

5 Myths

• Bailey J. Copyright myths [Internet]. New Orleans: Plagiarism Today; 2011. Available from https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/stopping-internet-plagiarism/your-copyrights-online/3-copyright-myths/. 
• Jassin LJ. Ten common copyright permission myths. New York: CopyLaw.com; 2011. Available from http://www.copylaw.com/new_articles/copy_myths.html. 
• Templeton B. 10 big myths about copyright explained [Internet]. [n.p.]: templetons.com; 2008. Available from https://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html. 

5 Principles 

• Creative Commons. Creative Commons [Internet]. Mountain View (CA): Creative Commons; 2011. Available from https://creativecommons.org/.
• Harper GK. Copyright Crash Course [Internet]. Austin (TX): University of Texas Libraries; 2007. Available from http://guides.lib.utexas.edu/copyright.
• Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition. SPARC Resources for Authors [Internet]. Washington: Association of Research Libraries; 2011. Available from https://sparcopen.org/our-work/author-rights/brochure-html/.