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Select resources, sites and tutorials pertaining to U.S. copyright law.

Tutorials and Guides

• Baruch College Interactive Guide to using Copyrighted Media
  This free, interactive resource (requires Flash) is intended to help the user determine the appropriage copyright guidelines they must follow to use different types of copyright protected media in their courses. The audience for this are Baruch's faculty, staff, and students, but the information is general.
• Overview of Copyright and Distance Education
  This resource comes from the Indiana University and contains useful tutorials on copyright on campus, distance education, the TEACH Act, fair use and more.
• Copyright Basics
  U.S. Copyright Office.
• Stanford University Libraries. Copyright and Fair Use.
  A comprehensive comprehensive Web site.
• Theses and Dissertations
  "Copyright Law and graduate Research" by Kenneth Crews.
• Crash Course in Copyright
  The University of Texas
• Copyright Information Circulars and Factsheets
  from the U.S. Library of Congress Copyright Office
• Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians
  Download this pdf document from the U.S. Copyright Office.
• Copyright Registration Procedures
  From the U.S. Copyright Office
• "An Education in (C)opyright Law: A Primer for Cyberspace."
  (Library and Information Science Research, 11 (2), March 2003), Robert N. Diotalvi (Legal Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University) provides a brief tutorial on U.S. copyright law that covers recent legislative changes affecting online materials.

United States Intellectual Property Law Resources

• Title 17, US Code
  U.S. copyright law.
• When Works pass into the public domain?
  Laura Gassaway, Law Librarian, UNC Chapel Hill
• U.S. Copyright Office
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Useful Sites

• Association of Research Libraries Copyright and Intellectual Property
  A review of intellectaul property statutes and legislation of the past few years.
• University of Texas Intellectual Property
  A comprehensive intellectual property site.
• Copyright Clearance Center
  Request online permission here.
• AAUP Statement on Copyright
  The American Association of University Professors.
• Selected Special Problems
  University of Oregon