Understanding Copyright and Fair Use

Links to resources on copyright and fair use:

• Know Your Copy Rights: What You Can Do
  Tips for faculty & teaching assistants in higher education from the Association of Research Libraries (pdf brochure)
• NCSU Teach Toolkit
  An online resource for understanding the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act)
• Educator’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
  A five part series of information on copyright law and guidelines for using technology resource
• Stanford University Library: Copyright and Fair Use Center
  Copyright & fair use guides, sites, and resources
• NOLO Legal Encyclopedia
  A comprehensive resource on trademark regulations and issues
• The Mouse That Ate the Public Domain
  This article explores the Copyright Term Extension Act
• When U.S. Works Pass into the Public Domain
  This chart, constructed by Lolly Gasaway from the University of North Carolina, depicts when a creative work passes into the public domain
• Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
  From Peter Hirtle of the Cornell Copyright Information Center