{"id":740,"date":"2025-07-14T17:19:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T17:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/?page_id=740"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:29:11","slug":"copyright","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cochrane\/support\/instructional-design\/copyright\/","title":{"rendered":"Copyright"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"740\" class=\"elementor elementor-740\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e5101d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e5101d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59e60de7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59e60de7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar sidebar-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis: 33.33%\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/faculty-support\/course-development\/copyright\/acc\/adminrules\/\">ACC Copyright Rules<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/faculty-support\/course-development\/copyright\/resources\/ownerforms\/\">Copyright Forms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/faculty-support\/course-development\/copyright\/resources\/training\/\">Copyright Tutorials<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/tled\/faculty-support\/course-development\/copyright\/resources\/creative-commons\/\">Creative Commons and Open Educational Resources<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis: 66.66%\"><p><\/p>\n<p>The Copyright &amp; Fair Use site provides information to understand and comply with the United States Copyright Laws.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>While this site provides information about copyright laws, it should not be intended or construed as legal advice. 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