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:   http://www.copyright.gov/title17/index.html
	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 (2002)

	Distance Education and the TEACH Act (ALA)
	TEACH Act Toolkit (NCSU)
	The TEACH Act and some Frequently Asked Questions (ALA)
	The TEACH Act (Copyright Clearance Center - a simple summary) [PDF]

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) (1998)

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (American Library Assoc.)

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)

Books (links are to Amazon)

	Crews, Kenneth D. Copyright Essentials for Librarians and Educators, American Library Association, Chicago and London, 2000.
	Crews, Kenneth D. Copyright, Fair Use, and the Challenge for Universities: Promoting the Progress of Higher Education, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1993.

Journal Articles

	Dames, K. Mathew.  "The copyright landscape." (PURL)
	Pike, George H. "Google Print and the Fair Use Doctrine." (PURL)
	Pike, George H. "Academics Test Copyright Law." (PURL)
	Dahl, Judy. "Understanding the TEACH Act." [PDF] (PURL)
	Van Horn, Royal.  "The Digital Millennium Coyright Act and Other Egregious Laws." (PURL)
	Amen, Kathleen.  "Digital Copyright." (PURL)

MetaSites (Guides to other copyright sites)

Copyright Resources Online (Yale)

Tutorials

NCSU copyright use tutorial U. of Texas Crash Course in Copyright Tutorial