Authors place their works in VTETD Archive with one of the following statuses: 1. ___ Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide. 2. ___ Release the entire work for Virginia Tech access only. With this option your work may be listed in research sources, such as Dissertation Abstracts, but no one outside Virginia Tech--not UMI, not InterLibrary Loan-will be able to provide paper or microfilm copies. 3. ___ Secure the entire work for patent and/or proprietary purposes for a period of one year. During this period the copyright owner also agrees not to exercise her/his ownership rights, including public use in future works, without prior authorization from Virginia Tech. At the end of the one year period, either you or Virginia Tech may request an automatic extension for one additional year. At the end of the one year secure period (or its extension, if such is requested), the work will be handled under option 1 above, unless you request option 2 writing. Your work will not be listed in any resource, including the online library catalog, nor will anyone, including UMI, be able to provide copies of your work. 4. ___ Release the entire work for Virginia Tech access only, while at the same time releasing the [listed] parts of the work only for worldwide access. http://etd.vt.edu/submit/approval.htm
VT ETDs
E lectronic T heses and D issertations from V irginia T ech
"To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.” U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8
VT ETDs
and the
US Copyright Law
protection of an original expression as soon as it is fixed in a tangible form
Title 17 of the US Code
U niversity L ibraries
Unlocks Access to Graduate Education http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/
Who owns the copyright? ♦ authors/creators of original works or their assignee(s) ♦ employers: works for hire 5 rights of copyright holders ♦ reproduction ♦ modification ♦ distribution ♦ public performance ♦ public display
Browse VT ETDs
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/browse/
Search VT ETD Archive
Graduate School-approvedETDs
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/etdsearch.html
Additional information
http://etd.vt.edu
Full text of US copyright law
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ uscode/17/
As of March 1, 1989 the copyright warning does not have to appear for a work to be legally copyrighted. However, it is a good way of reminding people of your copyrights. Use: “ 1997 by [your name]” or “Copyright by [your name]” and “ALL RIGHTS RESERVED” Consider adding such statements as: “Permission is given to copy this work provided credit is given and copies are not intended for sale.” “Use or inclusion of any portion of this ETD in a work intended for commercial use will require clearance by the copyright owner.”
VT ETD Copyright Statement
I hereby grant to Virginia Tech and its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible under [specified conditions] my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation, or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis or dissertation. In addition, I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained written permission from the owner(s) of third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution [as specified].
Myths About Copyright
Copying just a little bit is “OK.” Attribution is as good as permission. It’s free advertising. I modified it; now it’s mine. It doesn’t say it’s copyrighted. It’s OK--it’s for educational purposes. You have to give away all your copyrights to get an article/chapter/book published. Permission or license to use a copyrighted work is not required if: work is in the public domain work is a fact or an idea fair use
Timeline: determine when a work becomes public domain.
http://scholar2.lib.vt.edu/spec/ Copyright.html
Fair Use
Before you include someone else’s work without permission in your ETD, consider all 4 fair use factors:
Why officially register your copyright?
To file an infringement suit to possibly receive greater compensation, with less documentation
VT ETD Liaisons
John Eaton, Graduate School, eaton@vt.edu Edward Fox, Computer Science fox@vt.edu
Register your ETD
Register of Copyrights Copyright Office Library of Congress Washington, DC 20559-6000
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
Gail McMillan, University Libraries gailmac@vt.edu
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses http://etd.vt.edu
1. Purpose and character of use commercial or educational use? for profit or not? criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, research degree of transformation 2. nature of copyrighted work character of the work “spectrum of worthiness” 3. amount, substantiality quantity and quality in relation to the whole work 4. effect potential market or value of a work after a portion has been used separately from the whole http://www.law.cornell.edu/ uscode/17/
80 universities have ETD Projects
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/ NDLTD/members.html