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Copyright Resources
Copyright Code
U.S. Code Title 17 - Copyrights
Copyright Law of the United States and Related Laws Contained in Tıtle 17 of the United States Code
United States Copyright Office
United States Copyright Office
Legislative developments regarding copyright
How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work
How to Use the Copyright Office Catalog
Reproductions of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians
Association Positions
Copyright (American Library Association)
Medical Library Association Copyright Management Guidelines
Introduction to Copyright Resources - SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
Author Rights
SPARC Author Addendum (May 2007 version) pdf html (To secure your rights as authors of journal articles)
Author Rights Webcast
Sponsored by ACRL and ARL, through the Institute on Scholarly Communication, along with SPARC. Recorded June 18, 2007. Designed to help librarians better engage disciplinary faculty and researchers on the topic of author rights.
Requires a free LearningTimes account to access recording.
Resources
Copyright Crash Course University of Texas, Georgia Harper
Bloggers Beware: Debunking Nine Copyright Myths of the Online World
Campus Guide to Copyright Compliance
CONFU: The Conference on Fair Use
CONTU Guidelines (National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyright Works)
Copyright Advisory Network (ALA)
Copyright Basics: The TEACH Act
(Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act)
Copyright and Fair Use: What Clinicians and Educators Need to Know (Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries)
Copyright and Fair Use and Copyright (University at Buffalo Libraries)
Copyright, Fair Use, and Educational Multimedia FAQ: A Blackboard Tip Sheet
Copyright in Teaching (Scholarly Communications @ Duke)
Copyright Information and Resources (Library and Technology Services, Brandeis University)
The Copyright Law and the Health Sciences Librarian (Restricted access to members of the Medical Library Association)
Copyright Renewal Database
Use to discover information on orphan works
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States: 1 January 2007
Copyright and You (Copyright Alliance)
Cornell University's Copyright Information Center
Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy 2007 (Center for Social Media at American University School of Communication)
Fair Use Checklist (developed by Dr. Kenneth Crews, director of The Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University)
LibraryLaw - Libraries and Copyright
Includes links to specific copyright laws, court cases, legal memos for libraries, and guidelines.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies? Best Practices for Fair Use in Teaching
Stanford Libraries - Copyright and Fair Use Resources
Using Course Management Systems: Guidelines for Best Practices for Copyright Compliance
When It's OK to Copy (Inside Higher Ed. Nov 16, 2007)
Visual or Interactive or Podcast or...
Copyright Basics
A six minute video produced by the Copyright Clearance Center that provides a basic overview of copyright and fair use laws, trademarks, and the public domain.
A (Fair(y) Use Tale
10 minute mashup on YouTube that looks at copyright and fair use using Disney characters.
Audio: Tech Therapy, Episode 12 - Chronicle.com
William Shell, Director of Academic Technology & Computing Services, Eastern Michigan University
Bound by Law Copyright Comic Book
Center for Study of the Public Domain
Interactive Guide to Using Copyrighted Media in Your Courses
A free interactive guide put out by Baruch College/CUNY to help faculty determine the appropriate copyright guidelines to follow when using different types of copyright protected media in educational courses.
SUNY
International
Copyright Watch
Collects and monitors copyright laws from all over the world.
LACA: Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance
Sponsored by the CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (UK).
Online Courses
Workshops and Programs on Copyright and Fair Use
Center for Intellectual Property at University of Maryland University College
Reports, Guides, Publications, Blogs
AAAS - Science & Intellectual Property in the Public Interest
A Report by the Project on Science and Intellectual Property in the Public Interest
AAUP Campus Copyright: Rights and Responsibilities 2005
CopyCense
Online publication that reports on the law, business, and technology of digital content, and the code that creates and governs that content. (Executive Editor, K. Matthew Dames)
Digital Preservation Coalition - What's New
Regarding Federal Copyright Protection of Sound Recordings Fixed Before February 15, 1972 - Comments by the ALA and ARL, April 13, 2011
The SAA Orphan Works Blog
Updates and commentary by the Stock Artists Alliance regarding proposed changes to laws about orphan works.
Scrivener's Error
Blog that covers law in publishing. Occasionally focuses on other intellectual property issues, news, censorship, and legal theory.
Library Preservation & Section 108
Section 108 Study Group
Independent, select committee of copyright experts. Charged with updating for the digital world the Copyright Act’s balance between the rights of creators and copyright owners and the needs of libraries and archives.
For changes or additions contact Sharon Murphy, MLS
Revised and updated by Caitlin Kenney, 4/22/2011
