Articles related to Copyright and Fair Use issues

"Only one thing is impossible for God: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet . . .
Whenever a copyright law is to be made or altered, then the idiots assemble."

Mark Twain. Mark Twain's Notebook, May 23, 1903

Hansell, Saul. "The Associated Press to set guidelines for using its articles." New York Times 16 June 2008: C7(L). Gale
Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 17 July 2012.
NOTE: a pubic library card or username and password are required to access this article. Ask your librarian.

Lawrence, Star. "Teachers should know copyright from wrong" Edutopia. April 2008. Web.
9 July 2012. <http://www.edutopia.org/copyright-rules-teachers>.

Read, Brock. A classroom copyright crisis. Chronicle of Higher Education. October 26, 2007. Web. 9 July 2012
<http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2498/a-classroom-copyright-crisis>

Righting Copyright TIme Magazine Nov. 1, 1976 Time, Inc.
available at: <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914652,00.html>


Citation Tools

These are free online citation makers. Enter information for your source, select citation style, and the citation maker will create the citation. Some have additional features for a fee.

EasyBib http://www.easybib.com/

BibMe http://www.bibme.org/
Free MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago style citation creator. Offers manual or auto fill and saved bibliography.

Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/
MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago format styles

EasyBib http://www.easybib.com/
Free MLA style citation creator. Includes extensive source list, reference guides and rules. APA style available for a fee.

NoodleBib Express http://www.noodletools.com/login.php
MLA, APA, and Chicago format styles

Creative Commons

A Creative Commons (CC) license grants to others the rights to use a copyrighted work under specified restrictions.
What is Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/about

Example of a Creative Commons license (readable summary) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/

Example of a Creative Commons license (legal code) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/legalcode

More Videos | Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/videos/
Videos that explain Creative Commons. Start with Wanna Work Together? and Get Together.

Spectrum of Rights Comic http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Spectrumofrights_Comic1
Comic explaining Creative Commons and the spectrum of rights it grants.

How to find resources with Creative Commons licenses:

Creative Commons http://search.creativecommons.org/

Creative Commons search feature.

Firefox browser: for Creative Commons licensed works use the CC search feature in Firefox.
- In the text box at the upper right, Click on the arrow for a dropdown menu.
- Select Creative Commons.
You can then choose to find images on flickr or video files from blip.tv or music files from OWL. Look for the CC license information for each file to learn what you may do with the work.

Google image search: use the advanced features to filter your search with many of the creative commons attributes.

Creative Commons Projects:
Culture
Education
Science
Gover

Printouts

Sample permission letters and signs are available for printing.

REQUESTING PERMISSION TO USE COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS
Beyond the limits of fair use, educators must request permission to use copyrighted materials. Most copyright owners will grant permission for one-time use of parts of their works without charge or upon payment of a minimal fee. Blanket permission should not be requested. Such permission cannot, in most cases, be granted. A sample request for permission appears in Attachment D of NPS Copyright Policy document.
Sample permission letter doc.

Sample Letter to the Copyright Owner Requesting Permission to Copy - Information & Library Services - UMUC
http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/copyrightletter.cfm

Copyright sign for display at copy machines, scanners, and printers.
CopyrightSign.doc CopyrightSign.pdf

Section 108 Spinner http://librarycopyright.net/resources/spinner/
Interactive tool and guide that will create a pdf for inclusion with materials you might reproduce for replacement or
preservation under Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Code. From ALA.

Charts available to print out:

NPS copyright guidelines charts: Basic Advanced
Copyright -Fair Use chart (very simple) http://www.starr.net/is/fu.html
Very basic chart displaying Fair Use guidelines.
Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers http://www.halldavidson.net/copyrightTEACH.pdf

Public Domain

Works published before 1923 and U.S. government publications are in the public domain and free to use. Note that some public domain works may be in collections that are copyrighted. Works published between 1923 and 1977 may have expired copyrights - it's up to you to verify.

When U.S. Works Pass into the Public Domain 
University of North Carolina. Convenient chart giving date and term information for public domain works.

Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
Extensive chart with copyright term information for a wide variety of sources.

Search for resources in the Public Domain:

Google Advanced search http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Use Google's Usage rights filter to filter your searches.
Usage rights - Web Search Help http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=29508
General information and guide to using Google's advanced search usage rights filter.

Books

Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Look at License and Trademark link – what you can do with the books. Searchable online catalog. Some books are included with permission of the author (check for further restrictions re: copyright) but most are in public domain

Poetry

Poetry in the Public Domain http://www.rainsnow.org/csh_poetry_in_the_public_domain_contents.htm
Poems by Yeats, Frost, Whitman,Poe, and Caroll. Samplers and lyrics.

Verse: Poetry Anthologies and Thousands of poems http://www.bartleby.com/verse/

Images / Photos

American Memory from the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Provides free and open access to historic maps, photos, documents, audio and video.

Internet Archive: Prelinger Archives http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger
More than 2,000 films are available in the Prelinger Archives. Site also includes animation, text, and audio files.

Life photo archive hosted by Google. http://images.google.com/hosted/life
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google. For personal non-commercial use only.

Open Clip Art Library Drawing Together http://openclipart.org/media/view/media/home
Use the search feature or browse by subject tags.

PD Photos http://PDPhoto.org
Public Domain, stock pictures, wallpaper, royalty free, clip art, et. Keyword searchable.

Music / Audio

Audio | soundzabound - Royalty Free Music for Schools http://soundzabound.com/
Browse a wide variety of music categories. Most of the MP3 files are about 30 seconds.

Free Sound http://www.freesound.org/
The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Searchable.

Free Play Music http://freeplaymusic.com/

Musopen - Free Public Domain Classical Music http://www.musopen.com/
Search sheet music by composer, instrument, time period, or form.

PD Info - Public Domain and Royalty Free Music http://www.pdinfo.com/index.php
Public Domain songs, sheet music, and FAQs about music in the public domain

Public Domain Music www.pdmusic.org/1800s/178#E513
Lyrics and midi files for music from 19th Century U.S.A.

Questions and Answers, Scenarios, etc.

Reviewing these situations posed by teachers can help you understand Fair Use and Copyright.

Copyright Scenarios - Teaching Scenarios University of Minnesota
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/scenarios/cat_teaching.html


Stanford Copyright & Fair Use - Summaries of Fair Use Cases
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/9-c.html

Lessons and Tutorials

Avoiding Plagiarism: Safe Practices - The OWL at Purdue http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/03/

Copyright for Librarians http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/copyrightforlibrarians/Main_Page
Self paced course about copyright from Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and EIFL.

Educational Exemptions in the U.S. Copyright Code http://librarycopyright.net/resources/exemptions/
Interactive tool from ALA for educators which helps you determine exemptions for educators and will create a pdf
from the information you input.


Fair Use Evaluator http://librarycopyright.net/resources/fairuse/
Interactive tool from ALA helps you understand and determine Fair Use.

Section 108 Spinner http://librarycopyright.net/resources/spinner/
Interactive tool and guide that will create a pdf for inclusion with materials you might reproduce for replacement or
preservation under Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Code. From ALA.

Vaughn Memorial Library - tutorials - Plagiarism "You Quote it, You Note it" http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
Interactive, ten minute tutorial about plagiarism.