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Copyright Policy

The WIU Library Digitization Unit will be in compliance with the Copyright Law and Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Also see Copyright Resources at WIU.

The Digitization Unit will comply with all University, State, and Federal laws. The laws currently enforced are the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 and the Copyright Law of the United States revised in 2007. The Digitization Unit will only digitize items in compliance with all acts and laws pertaining to copyrights. The Copyright Law offers rights-holders legal protection of their works for reproduction and distribution of copyrighted material. This act and law has established certain limitations for the rights-holder and allows libraries and archives to legally make reproductions of copyrighted material.

University Library Digitization projects at WIU will be in compliance with current copyright laws and acts.