SUNY Empire Copyright Information Website: What is allowable in my course?

New! If the Library doesn't have an ebook that you need to use in a course, you can request it using this Acquisitions Request Form.

YES

• Linking is always fine. 
• ONE chapter from a book, if you can't link to it in the library.
• ONE article from a journal, if you can't link to it in the library.
• A SUNY Empire produced accessible version of inaccessible content, if the copyright owner can't/won't give you the accessibility features you need.
• Anything with a Creative Commons license OTHER than ND (no derivative works) or SA (share-alike.) So CC-BY and CC-NC are fine.

POSSIBLY YES - contact librarian@sunyempire.edu

• A full-length documentary or other non-fiction multimedia, OR clips of fictional/dramatic multimedia.
  • Related to learning objectives only - not decorative
  • Attributed, marked as copyrighted content, "further reproduction or distribution is prohibited by law"
  • Legal copy, legally obtained
  • Not content that targets the educational market (Pearson, Cengage, etc.) 
• Images
  • Related to learning objectives only - not decorative
  • Attributed, marked as copyrighted content, "further reproduction or distribution is prohibited by law"
• Creative Commons content with an ND (no derivative works) license
  • Used exactly as it was found with no modifications. Not incorporated into another piece of content. 
• Creative Commons content with a SA (share alike) license
  • If it is remixed or incorporated into a new piece of content, that ALSO has to be put under a Creative Commons share alike license, which rules out incorporating other works that require more restrictive licenses. 
• Content that's not labeled Creative Commons but has some kind of statement about being free for educational or non-profit use.
• Something that might be a transformative work.
• Something that might be public domain.

NO

• Library content reproduced within the course
• Multiple chapters from a book reproduced within the course
• Multiple articles from a journal reproduced within the course
• Textbook content or homework/quiz content from the publisher reproduced within the course
• Full-length entertainment media reproduced within the course
• Sharing materials obtained through Interlibrary Loan as course materials