Copyright Resources

General Information

• Copyright Office Basics
• Crash Course on Copyright (University of Texas)
• Music Library Association Copyright Guide
• Interactive Guide to Using Copyrighted Media in Your Courses (Baruch College)
• Teach Act Toolkit (NCSU)
• A Crash Course in Music Rights for Colleges & Universities

Fair Use

• Fair Use Fact Sheet
• Checklist for Fair Use
• Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford)
•  Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians

Off-Air Taping Guidelines

• UC Berkeley Library
• University of Minnesota 

Course Management Systems & Copyright

• Course Management Systems and Copyright at IUPUI
• Suggested Guidelines for Using Copyrighted Materials in BlackBoard

College & University Copyright Ownership Policies

• CopyOwn - a compilation of sites

Obtaining Permission

• Copyright Clearance Center
• ASCAP Licensing

Determining the Status of a Work

• Digital Image Rights Computator "...intended to assist the user in assessing the intellectual property status of a specific image documenting a work of art, a designed object, or a portion of the built environment. "
• Search Copyright Information "Works registered with the U.S. Copyright Office since January 1, 1978."

Public Domain Sites & Sites with Creative Commons License

• When US Works Pass into the Public Domain
• Public Domain Music
• PodsafeAudio "...music under the Creative Commons license for use in Podcasts, Mashups, Shoutcasts, Webcasts and every other kind of 'casting' that exists on the 'net. "
• Image*After "...large online free photo collection."
• MorgueFile  "Contains high-resolution stock photography images free for either corporate or private use."