diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index 0d3b637acc..a3e1e95034 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import lms.envs.common
 # Although this module itself may not use these imported variables, other dependent modules may.
 from lms.envs.common import (
     USE_TZ, TECH_SUPPORT_EMAIL, PLATFORM_NAME, BUGS_EMAIL, DOC_STORE_CONFIG, ALL_LANGUAGES, WIKI_ENABLED, MODULESTORE,
-    update_module_store_settings, ASSET_IGNORE_REGEX
+    update_module_store_settings, ASSET_IGNORE_REGEX, COPYRIGHT_YEAR
 )
 from path import path
 from warnings import simplefilter
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html b/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html
index 29ecdaf0f0..197b20bf8a 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <div class="wrapper-footer wrapper">
   <footer class="primary" role="contentinfo">
     <div class="colophon">
-      <p>&copy; 2014 <a href="http://www.edx.org" rel="external">edX</a>. ${ _("All rights reserved.")}</p>
+      <p>&copy; ${settings.COPYRIGHT_YEAR} <a href="${marketing_link('ROOT')}" rel="external">${settings.PLATFORM_NAME}</a>. ${ _("All rights reserved.")}</p>
     </div>
 
     <nav class="nav-peripheral">
diff --git a/lms/templates/footer-edx-new.html b/lms/templates/footer-edx-new.html
index b0967cee25..c3667758ca 100644
--- a/lms/templates/footer-edx-new.html
+++ b/lms/templates/footer-edx-new.html
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@
 
       <div class="footer-about-copyright">
         ## Translators: '&copy;' is an HTML character code for the copyright symbol. Please don't remove or change it.
-        <p>${_("&copy; {copyright_year} edX, some rights reserved.").format(copyright_year=settings.COPYRIGHT_YEAR)}</p>
+        <p>${_("&copy; {copyright_year} {platform_name}, some rights reserved").format(
+          platform_name=settings.PLATFORM_NAME,
+          copyright_year=settings.COPYRIGHT_YEAR
+        )}
+      </p>
       </div>
 
       <div class="footer-about-links">