Copyright and Licensing Resources
Educational Uses of Copyrighted Materials
Educational Uses of Copyrighted Materials
Copyright Basics...
Hot Topics
- Current Legislation: New and pending legislation from the U.S. Copyright Office.
- TEACH Act: Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization Act, updates copyright for distance education, just passed in Congress: how will it affect you? Find out from the ALA Washington Office.
- Legislation related to the Sept. 11 attacks, including the U.S.A. Patriot Act. From the Library of Congress.
- U.S.A Patriot Act: "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act". What is it? And how will it affect libraries? See the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom.
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Tutorials and Definitions
- Interactive Guide to Using Copyrighted Media in your Courses: Created by Baruch College as a quick and easy guide to copyright for faculty.
- FindLaw Legal Dictionary
- Copyright Crash Course: Comprehensive site with definitions and tutorials on copyright for education from the University of Texas System.
- Copyright FAQ: Copyright Clearance Center.
- When works pass in to the Public Domain: Easy to read table from the University of North Carolina shows when a work passes into the public domain.
- The Copyright Website: An overview of copyright, current issues, and practical information from Benedict O'Mahoney
- Liblicense: Licensing Definitions and Model License from the Yale University Library.
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Permissions and Registration
- Getting copyright permission: Information from the UT System on obtaining copyright permission for all formats of copyrighted works.
- Registering your own work: Copyright registration information and forms at the U.S. Copyright Office.
- Copyright Search : Look up the current owner of a copyright at the U.S. Copyright Office
- Get permission: Online from the Copyright Clearance Center to reproduce copyrighted works such as articles, course packs, library reserves and Web sites.
- Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: Protections that the First Amendment and intellectual property laws give to your online activities; includes information on Copyright and the DMCA. A joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, and University of San Francisco law school clinics.
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Discussion Lists
- CNI-COPYRIGHT Forum : Listserv for copyright questions and discussion.
- LIBLICENSE-L: Moderated list for the discussion of issues related to the licensing of digital information by academic and research libraries.
- ALA Washington Office Newsline: Read the latest news affecting libraries, search the archives, or subscribe to ALA's Washington Office Newsletter.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation: Read the latest news and keep up with proposed legislation that may threaten privacy and free speech. Learn how you can take action and subscribe to the newsletter.
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Florida Community College Copyright Websites
- Lake-Sumter Community College
- Palm Beach Community College
- St. Petersburg College
- Tallahassee Community College
- Reserve Room
- Reserve Room Operations: Fair Use: University of Texas System
- Electronic Reserve Systems: Fair Use Guidelines: Indiana University Copyright Management Center
- Get permission online from the Copyright Clearance Center to reproduce copyrighted works such as articles, course packs, library reserves and Web sites.
- Interlibrary Loan
- Loaning Books: Doctrine of First Sale
- Loaning Articles: CONTU Guidelines on Photocopying under Interlibrary Loan Arrangements
- Fair Use
- Fair Use Tutorial : Definitions and the four factor test for fair use from the University of Texas System.
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- Licensing
- Liblicense: Licensing Definitions and Model License
- Licensing Electronic Resources: Strategic And Practical Considerations For Signing Electronic Information Delivery Agreements. Information designed to assist librarians in the development of a process for reviewing and negotiating license agreement from the Association of Research Libraries
- Fair Use Tutorial : Definitions and the four factor test for fair use from the University of Texas System.
- Videotaping for the Classroom: Nolo Law Encyclopedia on videotaping and showing television programs in the classroom.
- Guidelines For Classroom Copying of Books and Periodicals: UT System Copyright Crash Course
- Guidelines for Off-Air Recordings of Broadcast Programming for Educational Purposes: Music Library Association
- Guidelines For Educational Multimedia: UT System Copyright Crash Course
- Guidelines for Educational Uses of Music: Music Library Association
Copyright for the Virtual Classroom
- Fair Use Guidelines For Distance Learning: University of Texas System
- TEACH Act: Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization Act, updates copyright for distance education, just passed in Congress: how will it affect you? Find out from the ALA Washington Office.
- Fair Use Guidelines for Digital Images: UT System
- Using Materials from the Internet: What are the rules? UT System.
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