Copyright Resources

General Guides

• Copyright Basics (US Copyright Office, Circular 1) [PDF]
• University of Texas Crash Course in Copyright
• American Library Association: Copyright

The Law

• US Copyright Office
• A complete version of the US Copyright law, US Code Title 17
• Law About Copyright (Cornell Law School)
• Institute for Computer Law and Policy (Edcause & Cornell)
• United States Copyright Office, A Brief History and Overview (US Copyright Office Circular 1a)
• When Works Pass Into the Public Domain (U. of North Carolina - Length of Copyright)
• Copyright Timeline: A History of Copyright in the United States (ARL)
• Opposing Copyright Extension (Dennis Karjala, Arizona State) see also The Eldred Act

Court Cases

• ALA Court Cases Site
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) (perform a search on "copyright" at this site to find relevant articles)
• Selected Copyright Decisions of the US Supreme Court (Cornell)
• Important Copyright Decisions (BitLaw)

Fair Use

• Stanford University: Copyright & Fair Use
• Fair Use in Education
• Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials (U. of Texas)
• Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia (U. of Texas)
• UC Permissible Photocopying of Copyrighted Works under Fair Use

Classroom Use

• Copyright Law: New to Using Technology in the Classroom (Intel)

Library Use

• Library Law
• Fair use and electronic reserves  (ALA)

The TEACH Act

• NCSU TEACH Act
• Distance Education and the TEACH Act (ALA)
• TEACH Act Toolkit (NCSU)
• Provisions of the TEACH Act (Copyright Clearance Center)
• The TEACH Act and some frequently asked questions (ALA)

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

• DMCA: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (ALA)

Asking Permission

• Getting Permission (U. of Texas)
• Obtaining Permission from the Copyright Owner (UC)

Guidelines & Samples

• 10 Big Myths About Copyright
• Educator's Guide to Intellectual Property, Copyright and Plagiarism (see especially the "Implications for Educators Fair Use Guidelines)
• Carroll Community College Copyright Policy (see the fair use guidelines)
• General Rule of Copyright (The Cornell Store)
• Similar guidelines from the University of California

Intellectual Property

• Intellectual Property Policy Guidelines (U. of Texas)
• Intellectual Property and Technology (Boston College Law School)

Tutorials

• Using Copyrighted Media (Baruch College)