Copyright
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “…used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying or imaging order if in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
While the Library & Archives houses an item, it does not necessarily hold the copyright on the item, nor may it be able to determine if the item is still protected under current copyright law. Users are solely responsible for determining the existence of such instances and for obtaining any other permissions and paying associated fees, that may be necessary for the intended use.
Attribution
The Library & Archives requires that the following credit line be used in all publications to identify that the image or document used is from its holdings:
Courtesy of the Tennessee State Library & Archives
Specific citation of where the image or document is located (collection, box, folder, etc.) should be made in an acknowledgments section, footnote, or bibliography.
Fees
There is a fee for the use of large amounts of requested materials where extended staff time and extra material expenses are incurred. Otherwise, the only fees incurred by users are for the reproduction of materials requested. See fee schedule for more information.
Faithful Reproduction
It is expected that users of Library & Archives documents and images will reproduce these items faithfully, that is, without substantial digital alteration and in the form and context inherent in the original. Adding material or color, bleeding, deletion, superimposition of text, or any other form of alteration is prohibited without express notation that the “Image has been altered from the original. ”
