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Copyright Subject
Guide LRC@TCC
 United
States Copyright Office includes copyright basics, "fair
use", researching holders of copyright, and a study on
distance education issues.
Fair Use
Evaluator and the Exceptions for Instructors eTools (American
Library Association) answers "Is this fair use?"
Copyright
Crash Course Four stars! Best site I've found, easy to understand,
from the University of Texas. Includes Using
Material from the Internet. Can you pass the test?
Section
108 spinner and Public
Domain Slider to help determine copyright compliance. Copyright
Section 108 spinner is a useful tool that can help determine whether
a
particular
reproduction
is covered
by the 108 exemption.
(ALA
Office for Information Technology Policy)
Copyright
Clearance Center Where you can get permission to reproduce
copyrighted content such as articles and book chapters in your
journals, photocopies, course packs, library reserves, Web sites,
e-mail and more.
Cornell University Copyright
Information Center includes guidelines for professors on how
to place materials on electronic reserve without violating copyright
law.
Know Your Copy Rights initiative
is being developed by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
and attorney Peggy Hoon, a well-regarded copyright specialist.
Library
Copyright Guidelines from the Stanford University Libraries
addresses copyright and fair use.
Motion Picture
Association of America provides information on public performance
rights, issues of movie piracy, and protecting the rights of the
movie industry.
World Intellectual Property
Organization Learn about the nature of trademarks, copyright,
industrial designs, and emerging issues in intellectual property. Online instruction:
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.
Technology
Education and Copyright Harmonization Act (American Library
Association) updates the U.S. Copyright Act to provide for distance
education.
Educators
Praise Bill to Ease Copyright Restrictions on Online Instruction from
the Chronicle of Higher Education.
"Libraries
as Creatures of Copyright: Why Librarians Care about Intellectual
Property Law and Policy", Carol C. Henderson, Executive
Director Washington Office, American Library Association November
1998
Copyright Warning: The copyright law of the United
States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or
other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions
specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish
a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any
purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If
a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction
for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be
liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the
right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment
of the order would involve a violation of copyright law.
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