Resources

Here are some resources for understanding copyright and educational media.

• The Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment (University of Maryland University College)
• Copyright Primer (UMUC)
• General Information about Copyrights (Oppedahl & Larson)
• Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia Consortium of College and University Media Centers (CCUMC), September 27, 1996
• Conference on Fair Use (CONFU) Final Report: November, 1998
• CNI Copyright Forum (Coalition for Networked Information)
• The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
• Copyright Resource Page (Tony Carroll)
• U.S. Copyright Office
• Copyright Office's Report: "Copyright and Digital Distance Education" (PDF file)
• Copyright Management Center (Indiana University - Purdue University)
• Copyright Clearance Center (agent for arranging copyright permissions)
• Fair Use Checklist
• Copyright and Fair Use: FAQ (Stanford University Libraries)
• Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford University Libraries)
• "New Copyright Law for Distance Education: The Meaning and Importance of the TEACH Act", summary by Kenneth D. Crews
• Another version of the same
• The TEACH Toolkit (North Carolina State University)
• Slow Start for Long-Awaited Easing of Copyright Restriction by Dan Carnevale (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• "Copyright Laws Enter Digital Age", news story by Christopher Jones, Wired News
• "What Colleges and Universities Need to Know about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act", by Casey Lide (Cause/Effect)
• Creative Commons (for authors who want both to share and to protect their work)
• "Fairest of Them All" and Other Fairy Tales of Fair Use" by David Nimmer
• Digital Rights Management and Copyright by M. Claire Stewart
• Complete Copyright: An Everyday Guide for Librarians by Carrie Russell (at Google Books)

Jay C. Treat, Ph.D.