Tools & Resources
Tools
- Copyright Decision Tree
Helps professors decide how best to use materials for teaching - Creative Commons
Walks authors through selecting a license for their work - Digital Copyright Slider
Helps you decide if something is still under copyright - Digital Image Rights Computator
Helps you determine if an image is copyrighted - Fair Use Evaluator
Walks you through the checklist and creates a printable document - Section 108 Spinner
Helps explain rules for reproductions by libraries and archives - TEACH ACT Flow Chart
Developed by Duke University’s Scholarly Communication Librarian, Kevin Smith
Videos
- Copyright & Fair Use 101 (57 min): Webinar by two attorneys discussing educational use of copyright works (Nov 13, 2013)
Video recording - Copyright Challenges Facing Higher Education (56 min)
Presentation by two attorneys at EDUCAUSE conference (Oct 18, 2013) - A Fair(y) Use Tale (10 min)
Humorous and informative video using Disney movie clips to explain copyright, fair use, and public domain - Crash Course Intellectual Property mini-series
CrashCourse has created an informative miniseries on Intellectual Property covering topics such as: Copyright, Fair Use, Trademarks, Patents, and International Copyright.
Websites and Documents
- ECU Students: Copyright and You poster
- Text of the U.S. Copyright Act
U.S. Copyright Act (Title 17) - General Copyright Information
UNC System Patent and Copyright Policy
Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office – See especially the Permissions section
NCSU Information on Copyright
U. S. Copyright Office
Copyright, Patents, and Trademark Guide (National Paralegal College)
A Guide to Trademarks, Copyrights, and Patents for Websites and Beyond - Copyright Duration & Public Domain
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the US (Cornell University) - Digital Millennium Copyright Act
DMCA policy
DMCA exemptions - TEACH Act (Distance Education)
The TEACH Act (UMKC) - Fair Use (Classroom & Publishing)
Fair Use Code of Best Practices, from the Association of Research Libraries- Related Infographic from ACRL
Fair Use in Poetry
Fair Use in Dance-Related Materials
Center for Media and Social Impact: Fair Use