Links to Copyright Information

United States Copyright Office
from the Library of Congress
Probably the most complete collection of official up-to-date copyright information.

Copyright Crash Course
from the University of Texas
A complete tutorial and lots of other information designed for faculty in higher education.

The TEACH Toolkit
The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act) is now law. TEACH updates copyright law pertaining to transmissions of performances and displays of copyrighted materials. Such transmissions are critical to current higher education distance education efforts, including online courses.

Copyright Resources Online
at Yale University
Lots and lots of links to all kinds of copyright information and resources.

Searchable Copyright & Fair Use Site
at Stanford University
A searchable site with links to primary materials, current legislation, cases, & issues, resources on the Internet, and an overview of copyright law.

The Copyright Website
by Benedict O'Mahoney
Includes lots of information in multimedia formats, as well as copyright registration features. Also provides elaborate case studies, selectable by media format. From the site, "This portal provides real world, practical and relevant copyright information for anyone navigating the net. Launched on May Day '95, the Copyright Website strives to lubricate the machinations of information delivery."

Fair Use of Copyrighted Works
from CETUS (Consortium for Educational Technology for University Systems)
Contains "the electronic version of Fair Use of Copyrighted Works, a pamphlet published by CETUS. It was put together by the Working Group on Ownership, Legal Rights of Use and Fair Use of the CSU-SUNY-CUNY Joint Committee."

Fair Use Rules of Thumb
from the University of Texas
Elaborates upon the use of the Fair Use Guidelines in Higher Education.

Can I Borrow A Bit of Digital?
by Marie D'Amico
Focuses on the digital copyright issues.