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Copyright Information

links to guides, information centers, tutorials and publications dealing with copyright issues of interest to academia

Guides to Making Copyright Decisions

The American Library Association's Copyright Tools includes these valuable resources:

Copyright Genie for determining if a work is still under copyright
Educational Exemptions in the US Copyright Code
Fair Use Evaluator
Video & Copyright Fact Sheet

Other resources:

Copyright Advisory Network
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from the American Library Association; especially look at their "Copyright Tools"
Copyright Flowchart
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Blog post with useful chart, written especially for educators, from the "Langwitches Blog".
Copyright Information and Education
from the University of Minnesota Libraries
Copyright Office Catalog
Copyright Renewal Database
use this to see if copyrights were renewed for books published between 1923 and 1963
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Provided by the libraries at Stanford University
Copyright Term & the Public Domain (chart)
very detailed information, with cites to relevant documentation
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from the Cornell Copyright Information Center
Duke Univ. Copyright Guidelines for Electronic Course Content
Fair Use Checklist - Columbia University Libraries
Fair Use Checklist - Cornell University Library
US Copyright Office Fair Use Index
searchable database of court opinions dealing with fair use issues
Using Existing Works
Guidance provided by the University of Minnesota Libraries Copyright Information Services.
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Help in deciding when a use is fair