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Copyright and Your Thesis
Donald Taylor, Copyright Officer
Jennifer Zerkee, Copyright Specialist
copyright.sfu.ca
What is copyright?
Rights include
• copy
• perform in public
• publish
• translate
• adapt to another format
• record a literary, dramatic or musical work
• broadcast
• exhibit an artwork
• authorize others to do these things
Happens immediately and automatically
Term “Life plus 50”
What is fair dealing?
A permitted method of infringing copyright for these purposes:
researchprivate studyeducationparody
satirecriticismreviewnews reporting
To qualify as fair dealing the use must• be for one of the fair dealing purposes, and• meet the “six criteria” test set out by the Supreme Court of Canada.
Contact the Copyright Office at [email protected] for fair dealing assessments.
Copyright-free material
Facts and data:
Public domain material:
An “insubstantial” amount (short quote or equivalent):
Links/URLs: copyright.sfu.ca | http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/academic-integrity/copyright
Then light air, under saplings, the blue banded lake under æther,
an oasis, the stones, the calm field, the grass quiet,
and passing the tree of the bough
Ezra Pound, “Canto XVI.” The Cantos of Ezra Pound (New York: New Directions, 1972), 70.
Facts and data
http://chemistry.about.com/od/factsstructures/ig/Chemical-Structures---S/Sucrose.-eb3.htm#step-heading
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.688?lang=en
http://vancouver.weatherstats.ca/charts/precipitation-1year.html
Infographic by Ivonne Penahttp://theenergycollective.com/ivonnepena/281366/who-most-responsible-climate-change-infographic
Material in the public domain
General rule: life plus 50 (though there are some exceptions)
Then what?
Public domain
• Copyright has expired
• Works can be used freely by anyone
• Different terms in different countries
Emily Carr, Edge of the Forest1935Photo: Art Country Canadahttp://www.artcountrycanada.com/group-of-seven-carr.htm
An “insubstantial” amount
Short quotes:Then light air, under saplings,
the blue banded lake under æther,
an oasis, the stones, the calm field,
the grass quiet,
and passing the tree of the bough
Ezra Pound, “Canto XVI.” The Cantos of Ezra Pound (New York: New Directions, 1972), 70.
Film stills:
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, directed by J.J. Abrams (2015). Trailer found at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488496/?ref_=nv_sr_1.
Links and URLs
Links: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/academic-integrity/copyright
Links embedded in text: SFU’s Copyright Office
URLs that aren’t links: copyright.sfu.ca
DOIs or other identifiers: 10.4081/xeno.2015.5773
Creative Commons licenses (creativecommons.org): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 or
Open Access (OA) material:
Website terms of use:
User-friendly licenses
http://www.canada.ca/en/ transparency/terms.html
Asking permission
Who is the copyright holder? Can you locate them?
Look for “Rights” or “Permissions” on publisher/journal website,or try the Copyright Clearance Center: www.copyright.com
What if you can’t get permission?
Copyright owners have the right to impose conditions
Leave plenty of time for this process!
Copyright in your thesis
You own copyright in your thesis
• However, you are required to grant licenses to SFU Library and Library and Archives Canada– These licenses only permit SFU and LAC to do specific things with your thesis
– These licenses do not restrict your right to further publish or otherwise use your work
Questions?
copyright.sfu.ca
