Caltech Library Workshop - "Copyright Essentials: Managing Your Own Rights and Respecting Those of Others"

This basic introduction covers the essential parts of US Copyright Law most relevant to Caltech students, faculty, and staff. Participants in this program will learn the following skills and methods:

• Determine the copyright status of a work (yours and anyone else's)
• Distinguish between what is "free to read" on the Internet and what is "Free to copy, share, modify, and redistribute"
• Distinguish between public domain (no copyright protection) and publicly available but still copyrighted with some restrictions
• Identify Caltech policies governing copyright ownership of your own works
• Recognize the risks associated with using other people's copyrighted works without permission

This program is part of the Caltech Library's Author Academy initiative.

Registration:  http://library.caltech.edu/forms/cls-classes.php