A copyright notice is a statement placed on copies of a work to inform the public that a copyright owner is claiming ownership of the work. A copyright notice consists of three elements:
- The copyright symbol © or the word “Copyright”
- The year of first publication of the work (or of creation if the work is unpublished); and
- The name of the copyright owner.
If you are providing copyright-protected documents to students (documents that are not in the public domain, for which you are not the copyright holder, and for which you do not yet have permission from the copyright-holder to distribute), students should be made aware of the copyright-protected nature of the material. All copyrighted material that is distributed for classroom use or posted in Canvas should be labeled with the following:
- Any copyright notice on the original (see above)
- Attribution to the original source (include the title page of a book, for example).
- This notice: Notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code)
