In the past, the Church has granted permission for the BYU-Idaho to copy Church publications for non-profit classroom and instructional purposes. With the wealth of new media and content available from the churchofjesuschrist.org website, we encourage users to provide links to the content rather than make copies. When in doubt, link to the resource instead of embedding it or uploading it. We remind users to abide by the terms of use on the LDS Media website.
We encourage faculty to include the teachings of our modern prophets in your classrooms but wish to emphasize these guidelines when using these teachings:
- If possible, provide a link to the content rather than copying and reposting it.
- Articles, talks, short stories, poems, music, essays, etc. should be copied in their entirety.
- Attribution should be given to all authors and creators.
- The Church copyright notice should appear on any copies.
- Do not upload Church content into school databases. These works are already saved in Church databases and do not need to be in both locations.
Remember permission to use this content for educational purposes does not include permission to create anthologies or compilations of General Authority writings. For such scholarly endeavors, you must contact the Intellectual Property Office.
Materials from the Church need prior approval before distribution for promotional, non-academic, public-facing messages. This includes, but is not limited to, music, photos of temples and general authorities, quotes, and resources from the Gospel Media library, etc. The Media Library is for personal, non-commercial uses so please understand that public-facing messages from BYU-Idaho are beyond the terms of use outlined for these materials. Therefore it is necessary that we coordinate these efforts so that we do not misrepresent the Church.
All requests for pieces to be used for non-academic campus purposes must be sent through the BYUI Content/Intellectual Property Rights Specialist, to get approval from the Church.
For outside of campus uses, request permissions from the Church for its copyrighted material or trademarks, please follow this link: Request Permission
You may also view the Rights and Use Information as posted on the Church's website.
For further assistance or information regarding Church copyrighted materials, you may contact the Church's Intellectual Property Office at:
Phone: 1-801-240-3959 or 1-800-453-3860, ext. 2-3959
Fax: 1-801-240-1187
E-Mail: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org