|
Photo of Crag Flanery by Scott Buschman

Resources on Copyright, Distance Education, and Intellectual Property

AAUP Policy Statements, Reports, & Analysis 

Statement on Copyright. 1999. (Available by request from Nanette Crisologo.)

Statement on Distance Education. 1999. (Available by request from Nanette Crisologo.)

Legal Update. 2008. By Rachel Levinson, AAUP Counsel. Presentation to the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.

Legal Update. 2007. By Rachel Levinson, AAUP Counsel. Presentation to the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.

Copyrights and Wrongs. 2006. By Ann Springer, AAUP Counsel. An informational outline. 

Intellectual Property,  Faculty, and Unions. 2005. By Ann Springer, AAUP Associate Counsel. An informational outline. 

Intellectual Property Legal Issues For Faculty. 2004. By Ann Springer, Associate Counsel. An informational outline.

Legal Issues In The Classroom. 2003. By Donna Euben, AAUP Counsel. Presentation to the Appalachian College Association Teaching and Learning Institute.

Faculty Rights and Responsibilities in Distance Learning. 2002. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. An informational outline.

Distance Learning and Intellectual Property: Ownership and Related Faculty Rights and Responsibilities. 2000.  By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. An informational outline.

Academe: Magazine of the AAUP

Opinions expressed in Academe's contributed feature articles and reviews are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the policies of the AAUP.

Columns

What's Yours Is Mine? By Ann Springer, AAUP Associate Counsel. May-June 2004. Legal Watch.

Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution? Technology and the Law. May-June 2002. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Legal Watch.

Technology and Free Speech: A Hit and a Miss.September-October 2000.  By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Legal Watch.

Digital Copyright. July-August 2001. By Mark F. Smith, AAUP Government Relations Director. Washington Watch. 

Build It and They Will Come.  November-December 2000. By Mark F. Smith, Director of Government Relations. Washington Watch.

A. Miller’s Tale: Free-Agent Faculty. May-June 2000. By Jonathan Alger, AAUP Counsel. Legal Watch.

Classroom Capitalism. January-February 2000. By Jonathan Alger, AAUP Counsel. Legal Watch.

Feature Articles & News

Being Online. November-December 2007. By Sharon Joy Ng Hale.

Pleasure and Danger in Online Teaching and Learning. November-December 2006. By Julie K. Chisholm.

For-Profit Online Education Receives a Boon. May-June 2006. By Gwendolyn Bradley. Nota Bene.

Court Ruling Favors Faculty Rights. January-February 2006 . By Ann Springer. Nota Bene.

Relax Distance Education Rules, Department Says. November-December 2003. Nota Bene.

Windows Without Curtains—Computer Privacy and Academic Freedom. September-October 2003. By Martha McCaughey.

Libraries Fear New Copyright Laws Will Hurt Research. July-August 2003. Nota Bene. 

Supreme Court Lets Copyright Extension Stand. March-April 2003. Nota Bene.

Millennial Teaching. January-February 2003. By Douglas A. Davis.

Remaking Liberal Education: The Challenges of New Media. January-February 2003. By T. Mills Kelly.

September-October 2002 Who Owns Your Ideas?

The Enclosure of the Academic Commons.  By David Bollier.

Intellectual Property and the AAUP. By Mark F. Smith, AAUP Government Relations Director. 

OpenCourseWare: A Case Study in Institutional Decision Making. By Steven R. Lerman & Shigeru Miyagawa. 

Recently Deceased: The First Amendment in Virginia. By Terry L. Meyers.

The Content-Provider Paradox: Universities in the Information Ecosystem. By Siva Vaidhyanathan.

Supreme Court Will Hear Copyright Case. Nota Bene. 

The End of Access? The Government's New Information Policy. July-August 2002. By Thomas James Connors.

Access to Government Information in A Digital Environment. July-August 2002. By Peter Hernon, Harold C. Relyea, & Robert E. Dugan. 

Distance Education Teachers Work More, Report Says. May-June 2002. Nota Bene.

NYU Online, Other Distance Education Ventures Closed. March-April 2002.  Nota Bene.

Chemistry Journal Reinstates Disputed Article.  November-December 2001. Nota Bene.

Risky Business: Universities and Intellectual Property. September-October 2001. By Julia Porter Liebeskind.

The Future of the Faculty in the Digital Diploma Mill. September-October 2001. By David Noble.

Whose Property Is It? Negotiating with the University. September-October 2001. By Gary Rhoades.

Distance Education Recommendations Issued. July-August 2001. Nota Bene.

Freelancers’ Copyright Case Divides Scholars. July-August 2001. Nota Bene.

Scholars Debate Right to Publish Software Code. May-June 2001. Nota Bene.

Colloquy on Distance Education Held. May-June 2001. Nota Bene.

Web– Based Education Commission Issues Report. March-April 2001. Nota Bene.

Stolen Content: Avoiding Trouble on the Web. January-February 2001. By Jane C. Ginsburg.

Beyond the Course Pack: Putting Copyrighted Material Online. January-February 2001. By Cary Nelson.

Other AAUP Resources

Sample Distance Education Policy & Contract Language. By the AAUP Special Committee on Distance Education and Intellectual Property Issues.

Sample Intellectual Property Policy and Contract Language. By the AAUP Special Committee on Distance Education and Intellectual Property Issues.