Copyright & Fair Use

U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright Law of the United States

• Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act
  The TEACH Act updates sections 110(2) and 112 of the Copyright Act to address the digital (or online) delivery of copyright content.
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 [PDF]
  The Digital Millennium Copyright Act amended the United States Copyright Act, Title 17 of the U.S. Code, to provide in part certain limitations on the liability of online service providers (OSPs) for copyright infringement.

Search Copyright Information  Search works registered and documents recorded by the U.S. Copyright Office since January 1, 1978

ARL's FAQs for in-classroom and online classroom instruction.

ARL's Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries

Columbia Copyright Advisory Office

Crash Course in Copyright

Copyright Information from the University of Minnesota

Fair Use guide from the University of Minnesota

Electronic Frontier Foundation's Teaching Copyright

Orphan Works: Statement of Best Practices (Society of American Archivists)

Copyright Clearing House

Electronic Frontier Foundation Resources

  Associated Research Library's (ARL) "Know Your Copy Rights"  

  Coypright exceptions for instructors 

    Center for Social Media fair use teaching tools

    Reproductions for Libraries and Archives (Copyright Law)

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