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Copyright and intellectual property issues can be complex. This web page was not prepared by an attorney. None of the information or links provided should be substituted for the advice of an attorney.

Copyright Tools

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Checklist for Fair Use
Maintained by the Copyright Management Center at IUPUI, this checklist can assist in evaluating whether or not a use of a copyrighted work might be considered a fair use.

Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
Chart maintained at Cornell University, listing copyright terms of various types of published and unpublished works, with dates those works fall into the public domain.

Copyright Tutorials

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A Visit to Copyright Bay
This colorful, entertaining tutorial, prepared by librarians at University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL, outlines the basics of copyright as well as new legislation, such as the TEACH Act.

University of Texas System Crash Course in Copyright
Created by attorney Georgia Harper, this is a step-by-step tutorial designed for the academic community and contains information on the basics of fair use, how to determine who owns copyright on a work, and how to obtain rights to use copyrighted works. The Ask A Lawyer service is limited to the UT System community.

Copyright Information

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ALA | Copyright
Copyright information from the American Library Association. This web page highlights copyright and intellectual property issues important to librarians and information professionals.

Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Copyright and IP Table of Contents
Copyright and intellectual property information from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Includes news, information on recent statues, copyright and IP legislation, CONFU, court cases, legal decisions, and international copyright information. Contains a federal relations e-newsletter.

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
The Chilling Effects Clearinghouse is a collaboration among law school clinics and the Electronic Frontier Foundation which aims to support lawful online activity against unwarranted legal threats.

Copyright Law for Theatre Directors and Actors
Provides an overview of copyright as pertains to public performances, including both theatre and dance, and provides guidelines for obtaining permissions for legal use of copyrighted works.

Copyright Advisory Network
Sponsored by the American Library Association Office for Information Technology policy, this site serves as a resource for librarians who have copyright questions.

Copyright Clearance Center
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) serves as an intermediary between copyright holders and content users, facilitating the exchange of reuse rights and royalties through its licensing services. CCC manages the rights to over 1.75 million works and represents more than 9,600 publishers and hundreds of thousands of authors and other creators.

Copyright for Music Librarians
Copyright guidelines, provisions, and resources, from the Music Library Association.

Copyright Information Center at Cornell University
Links to Cornell University's copyright policies, guidelines, services, and resources.

Copyright Law and Graduate Research - New Media, New Rights, and Your New Dissertation
Written by Kenneth D. Crews and provided by UMI Proquest, this primer offers information and advice for the graduate student writing his or her thesis or dissertation.

Copyright Management Center at IUPUI
Created by lawyer and librarian Kenneth Crews of Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis, this site contains a concise "Copyright Quickguide," information on the TEACH Act for distance learning, and more.

copyright@AALL
From the Copyright Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries, this page offers an excellent overview of copyright law, "hot topics," current issues, and resources.

Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization dedicated to flexible copyright licenses for creative works.

Current Copyright Readings
A bibliography of current copyright news.

Educational Fair Use Today
The Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) White Paper on Educational Fair Use, authored by Jonathan Band, a lawyer in private practice, adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, and noted intellectual property and Internet expert.

Keep Your Copyrights
From the Columbia Law School, this site seeks to teach creators about the set of rights included within copyright and inform them about options to maintain some or all of those rights.

Primer on Copyright Liability and Fair Use
From the Citizen Media Law Project hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, this blog entry explains the four factors of Fair Use.

Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center
Maintained by Stanford University, this site provides links to copyright information, plus commentary and analysis by legal and library professionals.

U.S. Copyright Office
Links to key publications, including informational circulars; application forms for copyright registration; links to the copyright law and to the homepages of other copyright-related organizations, and more.