Additional Copyrights for Educators

Teaching and Copyrighted Materials

Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians: Photocopying and recording issues from the Copyright Office in PDF format.
Using Materials from the Internet: What are the Rules? A section of the University of Texas Crash Course in Copyright.
Who Owns Online Courses and Course Materials? Intellectual Property Policies for a New Learning Environment: An article by Carol A. Twigg, Center for Academic Transformation of the Pew Learning & Technology Program.
Copyright for Music Librarians: From the Music Library Association.

More on Copyright and Intellectual Property

Consortium of College and University Media Centers: Covers hot topics that impact services and organizations, resources for current information on copyright and intellectual property issues, and professional guidelines and policies.
Copyright Clearance Center: To get "permission to reproduce copyrighted works such as articles and book chapters for photocopies, marketing literature, coursepacks, library reserves, Web sites and more."
Copyright and Intellectual Property: Information on copyright issues such as distance education from the American Library Association.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act: An explanation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 from the American Library Association.
U.S. Copyright Office: Official US government site. Includes Copyright Law, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, etc.
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States: Chart from Peter B. Hirtle at Cornell University.

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