Copyright Resources

General Information

• Copyright Office Basics
• Crash Course on Copyright (University of Texas)
• Music Library Association Copyright Guide FAQ
• Interactive Guide to Using Copyrighted Media in Your Courses (Baruch College)
• A Crash Course in Music Rights for Colleges & Universities (ASCAP)
• Copyright Glossary (Brown University)
• Know Your Copyrights (Association for Research Libraries)
• Creative Commons
• Questions and Answers on Copyright for the Campus Community

Fair Use

• Fair Use Fact Sheet (US Copyright Office)
• Checklist for Fair Use (Columbia)
• Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford)
• Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians (US Copyright Office)
• Fair Use and Digital Media (Center for Social Media)
• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries  (Association of Research Libraries)

Teach Act

• Teach Act - Text of the law
• Teach Act Toolkit FAQ (North Carolina State U)
• Teach Act Checklist (Colorado University)

Off-Air Taping Guidelines

• UC Berkeley Library
• Film and Video Copyright Questions

Course Management Systems & Copyright

• Using Course Management Systems: Guidelines and Best Practices for Copyright Compliance

College & University Copyright Ownership Policies

• College & University Guidelines - a compilation of sites from Stanford U

Obtaining Permission

• Copyright Clearance Center
• ASCAP Licensing

Determining the Status of a Work

• Digital Image Rights Computator "...intended to assist the user in assessing the intellectual property status of a specific image documenting a work of art, a designed object, or a portion of the built environment. "
• Search Copyright Information "Works registered with the U.S. Copyright Office since January 1, 1978."

Public Domain Sites & Sites with Creative Commons License

• When US Works Pass into the Public Domain (U North Carolina)
• Public Domain Music
• PodsafeAudio "...music under the Creative Commons license for use in Podcasts, Mashups, Shoutcasts, Webcasts and every other kind of 'casting' that exists on the 'net. "
• Image*After "...large online free photo collection."
• MorgueFile "Contains high-resolution stock photography images free for either corporate or private use."

Copyright Tutorials

• Tales from the Public Domain: CSPD Comics - a funny and smart comic that introduces the basic principles of copyright