Copyright and Digital Media in Education

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)
• The Business of Creativity, BuzzGig blog from Mark J. Davis, author of The Teacher's Guide to Copyright
• 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)
• U.S. Copyright Office
• Copyright Office's Report: "Copyright and Digital Distance Education" (PDF file)
• Copyright (Indiana University)
• Trademark and Other Intellectual Property Resource Guide (Marcaria.com)
• Copyright Clearance Center (agent for arranging copyright permissions)
• Copyright and Fair Use: FAQ (Stanford University Libraries)
• Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford University Libraries)
• Slow Start for Long-Awaited Easing of Copyright Restriction by Dan Carnevale (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Creative Commons (for authors who want both to share and to protect their work)
• Digital Rights Management and Copyright by M. Claire Stewart
• Complete Copyright: An Everyday Guide for Librarians by Carrie Russell (at Google Books)
• Peter Decherney's FAQ about the 2009 educational exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

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Jay C. Treat, Ph.D.