Write@UNG Series

Dr. Michael Rifenburg

Department of English

CTLL Faculty Fellow for Scholarly Writing

 @jmrifenburg

connecting

cultivating

creating

positive

P&T focused

writer focused

like Institutional Review Board, copyright asks academic authors to navigate sometimes serpentine protocols for

ethical

moral

legal

reasons.

We gotta do it. We should wanna do it.

copyright can lead one down a rabbit trail:

cultural / historic context

plagiarism

non-Native English speakers

legal studies.

For us: legally and ethically representing other's work in our own

U.S. Constitution Article 1, section 8, clause, 8:

"Congress shall have Power . . . [t]o promote the Progress of Science and Useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their resposetive Writings and Discoveries."

1909 and 1976 laws.

1976 law: "Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title, in original works of authorship fixed in any tanglible medium expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated"

literary works

musical works, including accompanying words

dramatic works, including accompanying music

pantomimes and choreographic works

pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works

motion picture and other audiovisual works

only court with subject matter--not geographic--jurisdiction.

hears patent, trademark, copyright cases.

Seems cut and dry--but determining ownership can be tricky.

Amy S. Beard: Assistant Managing Editor, UNG Press

Corey Parson: Managing Editor, UNG Press

Terri Bell, Sr. Library Assistant/Copyright Compliance

Jenna Colvin,  General Counsel & Director of State Government Relations

Writing & Revising

Monday, February 13