Copyright & Fair Use

 Films on Demand (UWP users only) - Films on Demand provides online access to over 10,000 streaming educational videos and video clips across a wide range of academic disciplines. Faculty can create playlists, link to individual videos, and embed videos in course pages or web sites.

  Oxford Art Online Images (UWP users only) -  Images from every aspect of the visual arts—painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts, and photography—from prehistory to the present. Includes artistic styles and movements in both Western and non-Western art.

Educause: Legal Sources of Online Content - Lists legal alternatives for downloading.  This page focuses on streaming video, but also contains information on books and music.

Creative Commons -  Search for images, streaming video, music and more. Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. Use resources made available by the creator and creative commons licensed.

Kanopy  - Access over 26,000 educational streaming videos including documentaries and classic movies. Link to a video for students to watch online or stream in the classroom. See the library's Kanopy Information for instructions on requesting licenses to videos.

OpenGLAM is an initiative run by the Open Knowledge Foundation that promotes free and open access to digital cultural heritage held by Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums.

   University of Wisconsin Digital Collections - UW Board of Regents owns the copyright for electronic format however often not for the original item.

The UWP Library purchases and subscribes to many electronic resources including journals, streaming media, and e-books for authorized users per license agreements. Authorized users are usually UWP faculty, staff, students, and on-campus users. The advantage to using resources licensed by the library:

• No need to do a fair use analysis
• Don't need to seek permission from the copyright holder

Best practices for posting resources to avoid copyright issues:

• Embed a link to the resource in your Canvas course page
• When using YouTube videos, always embed a link to the resource 
• Always post course resources on Canvas and avoid distribution through email 
• Always perform a Fair Use analysis before using outside material and seek permission for use if needed