LibGuides: Copyright: NWC

Purpose of Guide and Disclaimer

This guide intends to refer NWC community users to accurate information. However, information received from the NWC Library or the NWC Copyright Librarian is neither legal advice/opinion nor legal counsel to the college or any members of the NWC community. Please contact the NWC Office of General Counsel or NWC Staff Judge Advocate's Office for NWC-related legal advice and interpretation of the law, or personal counsel for personal legal advice. The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by NWC of sites or the information, products, or services contained therein, nor does NWC exercise editorial control over the information found at these locations. Such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this guide. U.S. copyright law is subject to change.

NWC Community Responsibilities

Members of the NWC community are individually responsible for following all copyright instructions and legal code in the scope of their work at the college. Please familiarize yourself with these copyright instructions and legal code:

U.S. Code: Title 17. Copyrights
SECNAVINST 5870.9 (14 Jun 2019) - Use of Copyrighted Works in the Department of the Navy
SECNAVINST 5870.8 (14 Jun 2019) - Copyright in Works of Authorship Prepared by Department of the Navy Personnel

NWC Analysis, Policies, and Handbooks

NWC Copyright Office Fair Use Analysis v.1.52 Please use this fair use analysis form when evaluating if your use of an in-copyright work is fair or not. Fair use is a fact-specific evaluation. Please weigh all four factors. For each use for which fair use is claimed, a copy of the completed analysis should be retained to show the good faith of that claim. Use this analysis each and every time you want to use an in-copyright work.

NWC Library Reserves Policy
NWC Faculty Handbook
NWC Student Handbook
NWC Academic Catalog

NWC Copyright Office

The NWC Copyright Office provides copyright information (not legal advice) to support NWC community decision-making in the use of copyrighted material in research, learning, and teaching at the college.

The NWC Copyright Office is found within the NWC Library and is happy to assist you with copyright informational coaching and education during your time here at the college.

Contact

In addition to information provided on this guide, please email NWC-related copyright informational questions to copyright@usnwc.edu

Service Disclaimer

Although the NWC Copyright Office provides copyright information and education, it is not able to provide legal advice nor opinion. The NWC Copyright Librarian is an educator, not a copyright compliance officer. If you have specific legal questions pertaining to NWC, please contact the NWC Office of General Counsel or NWC Staff Judge Advocate's Office (SJA).

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NWC Copyright Office

NWC Internal Email: copyright@usnwc.edu

Attribution/Licensing

Unless otherwise noted on an individual page, this guide is adapted from Illinois University Library, University of Michigan Library and Ohio State University Libraries' Copyright Guides: "Except where otherwise indicated, original content in this guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 license." Those guides allow the following: "you are free to share, adopt, or adapt the materials. We encourage broad adoption of these materials for teaching and other professional development purposes, and invite you to customize them for your own needs."