Introduction
All Yale faculty will encounter copyright issues at one time or
another in their academic careers. While other web sites at Yale
deal with one or more aspects of copyright, the Center for Language
Study has put together a handbook that focuses on copyright issues
likely to face Yale language faculty. These materials are intended to flag issues that you
may encounter in creating your own works of authorship and to pose
guidelines for attempting to resolve such issues. You, however,
must be the final arbiter as to what steps are to be taken to clear use
of copyrighted works and to procure copyright protection for your own
works.
The CLS provides this handbook as a service to Yale foreign language
faculty. The handbook is designed to help you understand
different issues pertaining to copyright ownership and
protection. The handbook offers no legal advice or opinion as to
your own copyright or the propriety of your use of copyrighted
materials. Feel free to use or adapt the forms contained in the
handbook; however, you should consider consulting a copyright attorney
if you need advice about a particular situation. Otherwise, if
you have any questions about the materials and information contained in
this handbook, please contact Howard Barnaby, CLS Program Coordinator,
at howard.barnaby@yale.edu.
I. Copyright and Other Forms of Intellectual Property
II. Obtaining Copyright Protection For Your Works
III. Using the Copyrighted Work of Others
IV. The De-Bunking of Eight Myths About Copyright
V. Links to Pertinent U.S. Copyright Laws and Related Documents & Forms
VI. Sample Forms
VII. Checklists for Copyright Issues
VIII. Glossary (Quick Reference) of Terms
