Learning Module:
What Chemists Need to Know about Copyright
Summary of Information
Presented by the American Chemical Society Joint
Board/Council Committee on Publications
Subcommittee on Copyright
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- Audience: College science students (undergraduate and graduate) and faculty.
- Formats:
- Website: on the ACS Publications copyright page.
- Transparencies: Teachers/Professors: you may make transparencies of this material for your class.
- Print: you may print these pages for noncommercial purposes, including classroom use.
- Key Principles of Copyright for Chemists (PowerPoint presentation)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright
- Class and Test Questions for Copyright Teaching
- Resources:
- ACS Copyright Information Pamphlet: provided.
For a print copy, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the ACS Copyright Office, 1155 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036; one copy of the pamphlet will be sent to you, for which you may make as many copies as you need for noncommercial, teaching purposes. For a version on the Web: ACS Copyright Information Pamphlet [PDF] - ACS Copyright Status Form for journals, magazines, and
books: provided.
This form is published in the first issue of every primary research journal. For journal-specific copyright information and to download a copy of the Copyright Status Form from the Web, click on the "Copyright Info" button on the journal Home Page. - ACS Guidelines for Classroom Use: provided
Anyone can obtain a copy by writing to copyright@acs.org and give your name, address, and fax number or fax your request to 202-776-8112. - ACS Copyright and Permissions Information
- Oxford University Press: The ACS Style Guide, 3d ed.; Coghill, Anne M. and Garson, Lorrin R., Eds.; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2006; includes a chapter on copyright.
- U.S. Copyright Office on Web:
http://www.copyright.gov/
Call 202-707-9100 for the hotline on forms.
Call 202-707-5959 for an information specialist. Frequently Asked Questions: provided. - U.S. Copyright Act — searchable:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/
Section 107, Section on Fair Use: provided.
Section 108, Section on library copying: provide - Search Congressional Bills:
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c109query.html - Checklist for Fair Use (IUPUI)
- Public domain chart (Cornell University)
- Timeline: A History of Copyright in the United States (Association of Research Libraries)
- Examples of copyright status forms from other publishers
are available from the Association of American
Publishers, Inc.:
- Academic Press
- Elsevier Science Inc.
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
- ACS Copyright Information Pamphlet: provided.
- Websites:
The following Websites are provided for your information; the American Chemical Society does not necessarily endorse or support views, positions, or statements made at these sites.- Association of American Publishers
- American Library Association—Copyright Issues
- Copyright Information Center at Cornell University
- Copyright Management Center (Indiana University-Purdue University)
- The Copyright Website
- Copyright and Fair Use from Stanford University Libraries
- "Crash Course in Copyright" from the University of Texas Digital Object Identifier System
- Kasunic.com: The Copyright Law and Litigation Resource
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- "10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained". Common questions with answers.
