Ownership and Licensing

University of Illinois Resources

University Policy on Patents and Copyrights excerpted from The General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure - outlines the ownership, licensing, and income distribution rights and policies applicable to copyrightable works, including online course materials and educational software.

Office of Technology Management, Urbana-Champaign Campus - campus-level administrative unit focusing on intellectual property issues and technology transfer.

Office of Technology Management, Chicago Campus - campus-level administrative unit focusing on intellectual property issues and technology transfer.

Chicago: The UIC Library has resources explaining copyright and fair use in general and specific to online courses and distance education including a Quick Test to check if the work in question requires copyright clearance

Who Owns Online Courses and Course Materials - Intellectual Property Policies for a New Learning Environment - monograph by Carol Twigg of the Center for Academic Transformation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Ownership of Electronic Course Materials in Higher Education - article by Dan L. Burks published in in CAUSE/EFFECT Volume 20, Number 3, Fall 1997, pp. 13-18.

University of Illinois Resources

Urbana Policy on Copyright Clearance

Fair Use of Copyighted Materials - user-friendly introduction to the vagaries of fair use; this resource was developed for the University of Texas system and some information is UT-specific.

The Copyright Clearance Center - commercial enterprise that provides a wide array of services to authors and users of copyrighted works.

Stanford University Copyright and Fair Use Site - comprehensive Webliography of articles, Web sites, legislation, and much more--all related to copyright and fair use.