Copyright and Fair Use
Rights and Responsibilities

Educators and students benefit from special rights, under copyright, law to use intellectual property belonging to others for educational purposes. However, these rights are not unlimited. The fair use guidelines, developed by educators, publishers, producers and copyright holders further delineate these rights for specific purposes. Along with these rights comes the responsibility to learn about the legal and ethical use of intellectual property belonging to others.

 Overview
    Ø      Copyright and Fair Use: Rights and Responsibilities
    Ø      A History of Copyright in the United States
    Ø      Copyright Basics and the Internet  

Cases

Citing Sources

Copying and Using Resources
    Ø      Print
    Ø      Video
    Ø      Multimedia
    Ø      Computer software
    Ø      Graphics
    Ø      Internet

Copyright Resources (pdf file)  (html file)

Encouraging Academic Integrity

Frequently Asked Questions 

Glossary

Requesting Permission

Responsible Use of Information in Teaching and Learning

Test Your Knowledge of Copyright and Fair Use

Works in the Public Domain  

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