"It is the responsibility of individual teachers and researchers to learn about copyright and reach informed conclusions, understanding that the primary responsibility for making appropriate decisions about fair use of copyrighted material rests with the individual faculty or staff member."
The purpose of this policy is "to provide consistent guidelines to ensure that university student organizations comply with the provisions of Public Law 94-553."
This document "establishes the ... policy with respect to the developmental process, protection, transfer, and commercialization of rights to Intellectual Property, defined below, resulting from the work of its faculty and other employees."
The Standards document has additional information about copyright for theses and dissertations. Copyright information is found on page 4.
MSU Libraries
The MSU Libraries will assist instructors who wish to provide students in their classes with access to copyrighted articles, book chapters, and more via electronic or print reserves.
