The Law Itself
- Definitions of terms found in the copyright code
- Copyright.gov – Government circulars on copyright law in layman’s terms
- Copyright Law & Public Domain – A series of short essays from NOLO, Law for All
- Copyright 101 – A copyright tutorial from BYU
- Public Domain Day – A fun overview of the annual entries into the public domain
- LSU’s TEACH Act Toolkit
- Stanford’s Copyright & Fair Use Website
- The Copyright Genie – When you have a specific work and need to investigate its copyright status
- Question Copyright – For a skeptical point of view on copyright
Teaching Specific
- Columbia University’s Copyright Advisory Office addresses key issues in the section for Enabling and Developing Teaching Tools
- Creative Commons’ Open Education Program
- OER Commons – Digital library of open resources
- Copyright in Academia – a recorded seminar from the Copyright Clearance Center
- Can I Use That Picture? – Infographic
Video/Movies
- Ripping Videos & DMCA 2015 – some pertinent results from the 2015 Register of Copyrights decisions, including a very brief outline of the three-year special exemption cycle. (These exemptions were all extended in the 2018 cycle.)
- Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies Statement on Fair Use
- YouTube and Music in Your Uploaded Videos
Music
- Music and Copyright – Washington State University
- Copyright Basics for Musicians
Dance
Podcasts
- Creative Commons’ Legal Guide to Podcasting includes resources for finding podcast safe content and music.
Copyright Home Basics Exemptions Creative Commons Fair Use
Finding Content Additional Resources
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