JEFFSelects: Copyright & Fair Use

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Overviews & Interpretations

• Copyright: an Overview
  Cornell University Legal Information Institute.
  
  
• Copyright Law and Distance Learning
  By Lucien Capone III, University Counsel, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1999.
  
  
• Crash Course in Copyright
  An online guide and tutorial from the University of Texas.
  
  
• Intellectual Property Law Primer for Multimedia Developers
  Timestream, Inc. ". . . based on the Multimedia Law Handbook from Ladera Press, which has been endorsed by the Interactive Multimedia Association."
  
  
• 10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained
  By Brad Templeton, Chairman of the Board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
  
  
• Timeline: A History of Copyright in the United States
  Association of Research Libraries.
  

Copyright Legislation & Government Resources

• U.S. Code, Title 17: Copyrights
  From the Cornell University Legal Information Institute.
  
  
• The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act
  
  • Copyright Law of the United States
    Text of the laws in Title 17, from the U.S. Copyright Office
    
    
  • Balancing Copyright Concerns: The TEACH Act of 2001(PDF)
    By Laura Gasaway, EduCause Review, Nov.-Dec. 2001
    
    
  • The TEACH Act Toolkit
    Text, interpretation, guidelines & best practices, from North Carolina State University.
    
    
• U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress -- Full texts of copyright law and other related items, including links to copyright/intellectual property related organizations.

Gateways & Policies at Other Institutions

• EDUCOM Code
  Software and Intellectual Rights section.
  
  
• Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis: Copyright Management Center
  An extensive gateway for all topics.
  
  
• Cornell University
  Copyright policy for the Medical College and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences.
  
  
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Intellectual property policy.
  
  
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Plagiarism.
  
  
• Stanford University: Copyright and Intellectual Property
  An extensive gateway for all topics.
  
  
• Stanford University Libraries: Copyright and Fair Use
  An extensive gateway for all topics.
  
  
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Copyright policy.
  
  
• University of Texas System
  The intellectual property unit of the University's Office of General Counsel includes sample contracts, license review checklists, and an excellent online "Crash Course in Copyright."

Commercial Support Services for Authors

• Copyright Clearance Center® Online (CCC)
  The Copyright Clearance Center is a not-for-profit organization providing collective copyright licensing services.

• The Copyright Website
  ". . . endeavors to provide real world, practical and relevant copyright information of interest to infonauts, netsurfers, webspinners, content providers, musicians, appropriationists, activists, infringers, outlaws, and law abiding citizens."
  
  
• Creative Commons
  This Stanford University-based organization offers access to public-domain materials, as well as licensing and distribution if you want to make your own materials freely available to others. MIT uses the Creative Commons license for its Open Courseware.
• Legal Clearance Service (Suzy Vaughan Associates, Inc.)
  Specializes in obtaining permission for use of all elements that go into a program, including film and television clips, talent appearing in the clips, music and recording as well as trademarks.
  
  
• Official Copyright.com
  Offers compliance guidelines, rights management information, and registration assistance.
  
  

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