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The “Teacher Exception” to the United States Copyright Law: Does it Still Exist?
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, Florida State College at Jacksonville and University of North Florida, United States

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Austin, TX, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-27-8 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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This paper examines the development of the “teacher exception” to the U.S. Copyright Law. It discusses how the changes to the U.S. Copyright Act implemented in 1976 affected the “teacher exception” and fueled the creation of Intellectual Property Policies in higher education institutions. The paper concludes with an examination of the implications of recent court rulings on the ownership issue and the possible demise of the “teacher exception.”

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Makley, T. (2017). The “Teacher Exception” to the United States Copyright Law: Does it Still Exist?. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 228-234). Austin, TX, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 10, 2024 from .

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