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External Copyright Resources

Copyright Basics

  • Copyright Information and Resources – University of Minnesota
  • Copyright Basics – Ohio State
  • United States Copyright Office
  • Copyright Crash Course – University of Texas
  • Copyright and Fair Use – Stanford
  • Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
  • Was the copyright renewed?
  • Copyright and Using Video Guide, University of Michigan Library

Fair Use

  • Thinking Through Fair Use — University of Minnesota
  • U.S. Copyright Office: Fair Use
  • Columbia University Libraries Fair Use Checklist
  • ALA OITP Fair Use Evaluator
  • Fair Use – Ohio State
  • Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries
  • Fair Use for Non-Fiction Authors, Authors Alliance

More Fair Use Best Practice Guides

Center for Media & Social Impact – American University. Standards for socially engaged media

  • Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
  • Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
  • Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for OpenCourseWare
  • Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Poetry
  • Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use
  • Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts
  • Set of Principles in Fair Use for Journalism
  • Society for Cinema and Media Studies’ Statement of Fair Use Best Practices for Media Studies Publishing
  • Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study
  • Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation
  • Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Open Educational Resources

Anti-Circumvention Exemptions

  • “2018 DMCA Section 1201 Exemptions Announced,” Ohio State University
  • The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a website from the U.S. Copyright Office

Free Media Sources

  • Free Media Library from Penn State

Other IP Resources (Not Copyright)

  • Trademark Law Guide from Penn State Libraries
  • Patent Law Guide from Penn State Libraries
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