Copyright & Fair Use Resources

The following resources have been compiled by the librarians to address the concerns of faculty, staff and students regarding Copyright and Fair Use law and their implementation in the classroom and on the job.

Primary Sources & Definitions

• Copyright Law (Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute) U.S. Code Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 107
  
• United States Copyright Office
  
  Pages to note within the U.S. Copyright Office web site
  • Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians (Circular 21)
  • Copyright Basics (Circular 1)
  • Copyright Registration

Fair Use

• Definitions
  • Fair Use from the Copyright Office (FL 102)
  • American Library Association-What is Fair Use?
  • Fair Use Checklist (IUPUI)
  • Fair Use Guidelines
  
  
• Fair Use FAQ's
• Electronic Frontier Foundation-Fair Use FAQs & Answers
• "How I learned to love FAIR USE" by Mary Minnow, Stanford University Libraries

DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998)

• Copyright office summary
• EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)on the DMCA
• EDUCAUSE on the DMCA

TEACH Act (Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002)

• ALA's Distance Education and the TEACH Act
• TEACH Act breakdown (University of California)
• TEACH Act Checklist (IUPUI)
• Comparison Chart from UNC

Select Internet Resources

• ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Copyright Resources on the Web, March 2007
• Copyright Advisory Network from ALA
  "The purpose of this site is to encourage librarians to discuss copyright concerns, and seek feedback and advice from fellow librarians and copyright specialists."
• Creative Commons-Limited copyright
• Fair Use Network
• Stanford U. Libraries' Copyright & Fair Use
• University of Texas' Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials
• Copyright for Students

Books on Copyright in Zondervan Library

• Copyright for librarians and educators: Creative strategies and practical solutions, 2nd ed. Kenneth Crews. 2006. Main Collection 346.730482 C86c
• The complete copyright liability handbook for librarians and educators. Tomas A. Lipinski. 2006. Main Collection: 346.730482 L66c

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Created by Lana Gottschalk, Reference Librarian