ACHS Copyright Notice
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"—U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8
Copyright (c) 1986-2014
All ACHS lesson materials, curriculum, manuals, handbooks, textbooks, and all other materials, whether online or printed, and the online platform and content, are subject to copyright and intellectual property protection. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited and subject to disciplinary proceedings and legal action.
This material must not be reproduced in any way without the written permission of the President of American College of Healthcare Sciences, 5005 SW Macadam Avenue, Portland, OR 97239 United States. Telephone (800) 48-STUDY or (503) 244-0726; fax (503) 244-0727; email achs@achs.edu; on the Web at www.achs.edu
Pursuant to the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) Section 485(a) (20 U.S.C. 1092(a)) (i), students are hereby notified that "unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material, including unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing, may subject the students to civil and criminal liabilities."
Guidelines for Fair Use
ACHS requires that all members of the College community respect the rights of ownership of intellectual property by abiding by United States copyright laws. The principle of fair use (as set out in the Copyright Act) provides limitations to the exclusive rights of copyright owners that support ACHS's mission of teaching, scholarship, research, and free inquiry. ACHS is providing the following tools and resources to assist decision-making in this complex environment.
Understanding Copyright and Fair Use
The principle of copyright is derived from the U.S. Constitution in fulfillment of Congress' right "to promote the progress of science and the useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive rights to their writings and discoveries" (Article 1, section 8). It is important to remember this emphasis on the progress that results from publication. Copyright laws serve to protect the rights of copyright holders in their works while allowing access to such works under particular circumstances.
The limitation of fair use allows people to use portions of works for nonprofit, academic, and other purposes provided those uses stay within certain bounds. Fair use does not entitle anyone to copy complete passages even for educational use. The following information can help you understand the principles of fair use and determine when and whether you may use copyrighted material without getting permission first. Whether a use is "fair" is determined by the courts, so we strongly recommend that you seek permission to use even a small part of a copyright work.
Principles of Fair Use
There are four factors that are taken into consideration in determining whether or not a use falls within the fair use exception. They are:
- The purpose or character of the use: Is your use nonprofit, educational, personal, parodic, commercial?
- The nature of the work being used: Is your use factual or imaginative, or a mixture? Is it published or unpublished?
- The amount of the work being used, and its substantiality in relation to the whole: Will you use a small or large amount? Is the part you use central and essential?
- The effect of the intended use on the market: Will your use tend to diminish the market for the original?
Each of these factors carries weight in deciding whether the use you plan is fair use. To assess how they balance out in your own situation, you can use the fair use checklist provided by Purdue University at http://www-lib.iupui.edu/research/oncourse/copyright.
More information: Links to legislation, Web resources, and articles on fair use and copyright are available at http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Copyright/links.html
Licensing and Permission
As an accredited Institute of Higher Learning, ACHS negotiates rights to use a wide variety of materials, including digital publications, image collections, and more. In addition, most media are governed by specific guidelines that govern what users may do. If you want to use copyrighted materials in ways that go beyond fair use or applicable copyright law, you'll need to request permission to do so.
