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FAQ Introduction:

The University Libraries license extensive electronic scholarly resources (books, journals and images) for use in UMDNJ’s educational activities. The listing of these resources can be located from any of the campus libraries’ Web sites. When you choose to incorporate readings (either book chapters or journal articles) in courses, what you need to do is provide a link/URL to the resource or provide the citation for the information used. The same procedure applies to images used in presentations and in classroom use. For this reason, we urge you to consider choosing from the considerable array of licensed resources provided university-wide which eliminates the need to seek copyright permission from the author or owner of the content.

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1.	Does “Fair Use” apply in our context of making handouts for medical students in a not-for-profit educational context?	11.	I found a useful image on the Web and I want to use it in my course Web site. May I do that?

2.	If a use is not a “fair use”, how do I get permission?	12.	If I use copyright material without permission in my course, how many copies can I make?

3.	May I put my course handouts on the Web?	13.	May I put links in my Web site to Web sites outside the UMDNJ domain?

4.	What material is considered “public domain” and can beused without copyright permission?	14.	How serious is the penalty for illegally using copyrighted material?

5.	I’m using copyrighted material in my course without permission. What notification do I have to display?	15.	Will UMDNJ stand behind the faculty and course director if a slip-up regarding copyright infringement happens?

6.	Is it permissible to post our lectures, which contain figures scanned from books, on the Web?	16.	I’m worried about someone else stealing my original content. What should I do?

7.	Depending on who holds the copyright, what can and cannot the faculty member do to modify the material once a copyright has been obtained?	17.	When faculty register for copyright on original material, who owns the copyright: the faculty member(s) or UMDNJ?

8.	How much of a modification in the published material, figures, charts and text would constitute an infringement of copyright?	18.	Do I need to register my copyright a second time if I have made changes to my original document?

9.	If I find a great article for my course at the last minute, can I use it without getting permission?	19.	When do copyright restrictions expire?

10.	I use copyrighted material without permission in my course for only one lecture a semester. Is that a violation?	20.	Where can I obtain additional information on copyright?