Intellectual Property

Copyright and Digital Distance Education Report (U. S. Copyright Office, 1999)

Copyright Basics (Circular 1)

Copyright Crash Course (University of Texas System)

Columbia U. Copyright Advisory Office

U.S. Copyright Office Forms

General Information About Copyright (Oppedahl & Larson LLP)

Questions and Answers on Copyright for the Campus Community (National Association of College Stores & Association of American Publishers)

U.S. Copyright Office (Library of Congress)

Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment (University of Maryland University College)

Copyright Basics (American Bar Association)

Copyright Information (Jeanne Boyle, Rutgers Univ. Libraries)

Copyright@AALL (American Association of Law Libraries)

• Cornell Copyright Information Center
  An easily understood graph designed to help determine whether an item is in U.S. copyright
• Writers, Artists, and their Copyright Holders (WATCH)
  Writers Artists and Their Copyright Holders is a database of copyright contacts for writers, artists, and prominent figures in other creative fields.

• Section 107, Title 17 (Fair Use)
  The section on fair use in the U.S. copyright code.
• Fair Use Factors and Cases
  A guide from Stanford University Libraries that explains the various rules behind fair use principles.
• Thinking Through Fair Use
  An interactive tool that helps the user organize thoughts and issues regarding fair use.
• Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use in Dance-related Materials
  Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use of Dance-related Materials produced by the Dance Heritage Coalition that clarifies what librarians, archivists, curators, and others working with dance-related materials currently regard as a reasonable application of the Copyright Act's fair use doctrine.
• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts
  Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for for the Visual Arts from the College Arts Association.