As per the UCOP Policy on Ownership of Course Materials (2003), instructors at UCSF own the copyright to their course material. However, please be aware that if you use copyright protected audio, images, multimedia, video, or documents in the wiki, what may be acceptable under "fair use" guidelines for classroom instruction may not be acceptable for digitally distributed content. Please see the UC Copyright Education website for more information.

If in doubt, get permission from the copyright holder.

Please note: The uploading of copyrighted textual works, such as journal articles from copyrighted sources, is not permitted in the Wiki@UCSF system. These will be removed.

Other References:

• University of California Policy on Copyright Ownership, 1992 
• University of California Policy and Guidelines on the Reproduction of Copyrighted Materials for Teaching and Research, 1986

The UCSF Library does not generally monitor, edit, or censor any material uploaded to the Wiki@UCSF system. However, the UCSF Library reserves the right to do so, and to remove materials for any reason, such as content that clearly violates copyright, or violates applicable UCSF Library, UCSF and UC computing policies and guidelines.

Other References:

• UCSF Library Internet and Computer Use Policies
• UCSF Web Development Policies - Conditions of Use
• Authorized and Acceptable Use of Electronic Information Resources
• UC Policies