Links to Copyright Information

For additional information about Copyright Law, Fair Use and Higher Education, and Tutorials, we recommend the following sites:

Copyright Law:

United States Copyright Office

http://www.copyright.gov

This Library of Congress site provides information about federal regulations, current legislation, and instructions for registering for copyright protection.

Copyright and Intellectual Property

http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/copytoc.html

This Association of Research Libraries site provides information about pending legislation and decisions, discussion about peer-to-peer file sharing and digital rights management, as well as links to international activities.

Educause: DMCA Information

http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=645&PARENT_ID=254&bhcp=1

This site provides comprehensive information about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Fair Use and Higher Education:

Checklist for Fair Use

http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/checklist.pdf

This checklist is published by the Copyright Management Center of Indiana University Perdue University in Indianapolis. The Fair Use Checklist helps faculty and librarians to evaluate each circumstance when using copyrighted works while providing a record of the decision-making process.

Copyright Basics for Educators

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/copyright-2002/copyright-faqs.html

This site provides a comprehensive FAQ, most specifically addressing the use of media: software, videos, digital materials.

Copyright Management Center

http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/

This Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis site provides links to copyright policies and standards, and copyright interpretations as applied to particular situations that a professor, librarian, or student may encounter.

Fair Use of Copyrighted Works

http://www.cetus.org/fairindex.html

This CETUS (Consortium for Educational Technology for University Systems) site provides links to fair-use guidelines, illustrative scenarios, and other resources that promote a fuller appreciation of copyright laws.

The Fair Use Network: Information and Resources for Free Expression

http://www.fairusenetwork.org

This site is part of the Free Expression Policy Project a program of the Brennan Center of Justice at NYU School of Law and provides links to basic legal guides concerning intellectual property, fair use resources, and publishes the Fair Use News blog.

Know Your Copy Rights

http://www.knowyourcopyrights.org/bm~doc/kycrbrochurebw.pdf

This brochure published by the Association of Research Libraries is intended for faculty and teaching assistants and discusses fair use, linking to v. copying works, displaying or performing works in class, and provides an easy-to-use chart highlighting situations where you may copy/link without permission or fees.

Reproduction of Copyrighted Words by Educators and Librarians

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ21.pdf

U.S. Copyright Office Circular 21discusses the legislative fair use provisions outlined in Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Law which allow for reproduction of copyrighted materials by librarians and educators.

Guides and Tutorials:

A Visit to Copyright Bay

http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/

This University of St. Francis site provides a fun overview for educators about copyright issues in a non-profit setting.

Crash Course in Copyright

http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm

This University of Texas site provides a comprehensive tutorial.