Copyrights Policy

Copyrights Policy

Definitions & Terminology Used Copyright The exclusive legal right, given to the originator or their assignee for a fixed number of years to print, publish, perform film, or record literary, artistic or musical material, and to authorise others to do the same Intellectual PropertyIntangible property that is the result of creativity, such as patents, copyrights. RoyaltyA sum paid to the patentee for the use of patent or to an author or composer for each copy of the book sold or for each public performance of work. Resource covered under Copyright Books Articles from Journals (Printed or Online) Case Studies Chapter/s from book/s Databases Software Copyright issues are not to be taken for granted. Violating copyright issues would lead to legal disputes between publishers and ISB. Law says “No part of these publications (Articles, cases, books) may be produced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, scanning or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission.” Upon acceptance of an article by the journal, the author(s) will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the publisher. The transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. The Journal and the individual contributions contained in it are protected by the copyright of the publisher and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Single photocopies of single articles may be made for personal use as allowed by copyright laws. Permission of the publisher and payment of a fee is required for all other photocopying, including multiple or systematic copying, copying for general distribution, for advertising or promotional purposes, for creating new collective works, for resale, and all forms of document delivery. Special rates are available for educational institutions that wish to make photocopies for non-profit educational classroom use. Hence, for all copyright clearance we should approach the publishers directly and not the authors. In most of the cases, the publishers hold the copyrights. Publishers grant authorisation for individuals to photocopy copyright material for private research use. This authorisation does not extend any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research use. Authors may use their own material in other publications provided that the journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication and the publisher is notified in writing and in advance. Harvard Cases: The following statement must appear on the title/first page of the material you are reproducing: “One time permission to reproduce granted by Harvard Business School Publishing, 01/31/02.” Teaching Notes/Instructor’s manual /Text Books: All the prescribed text books published by various publishers will be accompanied with instructions/solutions manual to be used by the Faculty. Photocopying or Use of these instructor’s manuals by students during the term is strictly prohibited. Publishers such as Harvard Business School Publishing, European Case Clearing House, etc hold the copyrights for all the publications published by them directly and also by other leading publications such as MIT, INSEAD, etc. Following guidelines would be of help in setting policy standards to be followed in terms of having a fair use of all the materials at ISB. Fair Use Policy Books: A chapter of a book or less than 10% of the book can be photocopied for personal use. For classroom use and for general distribution we need to take the permission from the publisher. Software: Points to be taken care of : Circulation of archival copy “Networking" software without license or permission Loading a single copy of a software program onto several computers for simultaneous use Making copies of copyrighted software for student use. Perpetual license vs. annual license. Databases & E-journals: Agreement should be made with various publishers of Databases and E-journals for multi-user campus wide unlimited access. As a policy, ISB shouldn’t disclose the user id and password to the outsiders. Students, Faculty, and the staff of ISB should not entertain downloading, forwarding any content to an outsider who is not an authorised user. Following table will be an easy tool to understand what is “Permitted” and what is “Not Permitted” and abide by the rules of copyright protection. Please email your comments, if you have any, to help us to keep these contents as up to date as possible.   Books:  PERMITTED NOT PERMITTED Teachers Single Copy: chapter of a book Copying several chapters per book. Single Copy: article from magazine or newspaper Copying several articles per magazine. Single Copy: chart, graph, diagram, picture, non-syndicated, non-copyrighted cartoon, etc Photocopying worn ditto masters. Single Copy: short story, short essay, short poem Copying Consumables: workbooks, copyrighted exercise sheets, tests. Multiple copies for classroom / instructional purposes Complete poem less than 250 words (not more than 2 pages) Using/making multiple copies of same material semester after semester Excerpt from long poem not to exceed 250 words Creating “anthologies” Article, story, or essay less than 2,500 words Copying workbooks and other works meant to be used once by one student Audio Visual Materials:    PERMITTED NOT PERMITTED Creating slide sets from books, magazines, etc., as long as only one per source used. Copying audio tapes or video tapes for archival or backup purposes Enlarging a map with an overhead projector for tracing but not duplicating colour scheme, symbols, etc. Converting from one medium format to another. Software:   PERMITTED NOT PERMITTED Copying into RAM if copying is necessary to run the programme. Circulation of archival copy. One copy for archival purposes. “Networking” software without license or permission. Library lending of public domain software Databases:   PERMITTED NOT PERMITTED May download searches Downloaded searches shouldn’t be retained Downloaded material may not be used to create a derivative work. CD-ROM:   PERMITTED NOT PERMITTED Print out pages of reference or other works for study or teaching. Printing out large section of work Internet:   PERMITTED NOT PERMITTED Downloading public domain software Uploading copyrighted software to internet for downloading. Collecting materials off the Internet and compiling into a new work.