Copyright & Fair Use: Links

Provided by the Information & Communication Technologies Department (ICT) on their myCaz web page, this document summarizes copyright information relevant to creating works at Cazenovia College.

Information about the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act), from the U.S. Copyright Office.

Your first, main source for current and reliable copyright information.

The complete version of the U.S. Copyright Law and all amendments, with links to specific chapters and appendices. Chapter 1: Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright is a good place to begin.

A publication from the U.S. Copyright Office summarizing what and who are protected by copyright law and how it works.

An FAQ from the U.S. Copyright Office that includes general copyright questions, protections, registration, privacy, forms, how to use someone else's work, copyright and digital files, and other services of the Copyright Office.

Elaboration on the Fair Use exception to copyright, from the U.S. Copyright Office.

Information resource from the Cornell University Library listing how long various kinds of works are protected by copyright law before they are in the public domain.

A one page chart from the Association of Research Libraries that highlights some of the situations you can use works in teaching without permission or paying a fee.

A 12 page paper that summarizes the standards and requirements of the TEACH Act and its impact on distance education.

Circular 21 from the U.S. Copyright Office offers basic information on some of the most important legislative provisions and other documents dealing with fair use and reproducing materials for teachers and librarians.

Online copyright courses and education in plain English.

A series of videos made by the U.S. Copyright Office that introduce copyright concepts to those new to the topic or who want to learn more.

"A compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large".

"DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals".

"An online repository of policies, schema standards, tools, best practices, and case studies to provide agencies a one-stop shop for resources related to federal data management and use".

A repository of full length, open textbooks. 45% are peer reviewed.

A search engine for OER materials across multiple websites.

Repository of teaching materials. All the content is reviewed and many include a more extensive peer review.

A search tool to locate OER, developed by SUNY Geneseo. It includes content from 98 sources and searches over 368,000 records.

"OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources".

"The Open Education Consortium (OEC) is a non-profit, global, members-based network of open education institutions and organizations".

Peer reviewed textbooks, for online use or print-on-demand, along with additional resources (slides, exercises). Developed by a research team and openly licensed.

Index of full length open textbooks. 60% are peer reviewed and the authors are affiliated with a higher education institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.

If you are looking for a tool to license your own works you should consider using one of the Creative Commons licenses.

Details about the different kinds of licenses offered by Creative Commons.

Search for digital images by license type, commercial use rights, and modification/adaptation rights.