Copyright Management

The school system respects the copyrighted works of students and school system employees.

a)      Students own the copyright to their creative works, including works created using system resources.  The Internet agreement signed by parents includes a request for permission from parents to post students work and photos on the Internet.  All student work posted on the Internet is considered copyrighted material. A blanket notice should be posted somewhere on the school web site stating all of their students' works are copyrighted.

b)      Teachers and school system employees own the copyright to works created outside of the scope of their employment responsibilities and without the use of system resources.  School system employees may post such work on the school's web site to facilitate access by students and/or school system employees.  Notice of such posting and claim of ownership must be provided.  By posting such work to the school's web site, the school system employees will grant a non-exclusive license or permission for any school system employees or student within the school system to freely use such work.

c)      The school system shall own the copyright on any works created by system school system employees within the scope of their employment responsibilities and/or created with school system resources.

The school system promotes respect for copyright rights of others.

d)      The school system provides instruction to school system employees on their rights and responsibilities with respect to the copyright ownership rights of others.

e)      Instructional Technology Facilitators, Media Coordinators, and teachers model copyright behavior and teach copyright laws according to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

f)       No material may be disseminated through any Internet web site within the Carteret County Public School System unless that material is original, in the public domain, used in accord with the fair use provisions of the copyright law, or is disseminated or posted with permission of the copyright owner.