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- In the U.S., content including books, journal articles, photos, audio and video are can be (and for most things published in the last 50 yours or so, are) protected by copyright restrictions. Sharing these materials on Mandala can trigger copyright liability, so it is important to understand how the law works.
- This document attempts to orient you about:
- The nature of copyright
- The right of "fair use" as applied to non-profit research, teaching, and scholarship
- Materials in the "public domain"
- Creative Commons and other Free-to-use Content Online
- How to use Mandala in light of copyright law
- This page does not provide legal advice
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Copyright regulates certain uses of works of creative expression, including literary works, audio-visual works, images, and sound recordings.
The law gives a work's copyright-holder the exclusive right to do or to authorize the following activities:
Reproduction
Distribution
Public performance and display
Adaptation into derivative works (including translations, sequels, annotated editions, adaptations from one form to another)
- Posting content to a web platform like Mandala involves one or more of these rights, so it is important to consider copyright as you add content to your Mandala site.
- These exclusive rights last for "limited times"—after a work's copyright term expires, it enters the public domain, and anyone is free to use the work in any way they like.
- During the term of copyright, a work may be used without permission if the use is covered by one of the several limitations and exceptions to copyright, the most important of which is fair use.
- You are free to use works where you own the copyright (photos and videos taken by you, textual material written by you where the copyright hasn't been transferred to a publisher).
- More information about copyright generally and as it applies to scholarly work and teaching can be found at the UVA Library "Copyright Essentials for Scholars" page: http://copyright.library.virginia.edu/copyright-resources/essentials/.
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