Copyright Clearance Information

• United States Copyright Office
• Copyright Law: A Guide for The New Millennium (The College of West Virginia)
• Copyright Basics and ©Primer (Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment, University of Maryland)
• Copyright Issues in Online Teaching (The Virtual Professor: Kate Britt - WebCT)
• Copyright Clearance Center *
• Copyright Management Center
  (Indiana University-Perdue University Indianapolis)
• Copyright Management Center: Distance Education
  (Indiana University-Perdue University Indianapolis)
• Crash Course in Copyright
• Copyright Website ( provides real world, practical and relevant copyright information for anyone navigating the net)
• Copyright Resources Online  (Yale)
• Copyright, Law, and Fair Use (University of Maryland)
• Raritan Valley Community College Library: Guide to Copyright Information *
  
  

• U.S. Copyright Law: Fair Use Section (Cornell University Legal Information Institute) *
• Fair Use (Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment, University of Maryland)
• Copyright & Fair Use (Stanford University Libraries)
• Regents Guide to Understanding Copyright and Educational Fair Use (examples illustrating fair use; The University System of Georgia)
• Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia (Penn State)
• Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia  (user-friendly; University of Washington)
• Highlights of the Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Educational Fair Use Guidelines For Distance Learning
• Online Education Resources: Intellectural Property/Copyright Issues (ION)
• Copyright Laws and Fair Use Guidelines for Education: What is Acceptable? 
  

The TEACH Act of 2001

• Senate Passes a Bill Extending Copyright Exemption to Online Courses (The Chronicle of Higher Education; thanks, Maria!) *
• TEACH Act   (Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment, University of Maryland)
• Distance Education and the TEACH Act (American Library Association)
• The TEACH Act Finally Becomes Law (University of Texas)
• Overview of Copyright and Distance Education (IUPUI)
• Checklist for Compliance with the TEACH Act (IUPUI) 
• The TEACH Toolkit * (NCSU; an online resource for understanding copyright and distance education)
• Balancing Copyright Concerns: The TEACH Act of 2001 (Educause) *
  

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