Helpful Links (on the World Wide Web)
Stanford University's Fair Use Site
This extrememly well organized site contains links to the following: U.S. Code and Statutes; Recent U.S. Legislation; US Regulations; International Treaties and Conventions; U.S. Cases; Copyright and Fair Use Guide; Copyright Web Sites; Fair Use and Multimedia Web Sites; U.S. Agencies, Associations and Organizations; Journals and Collections; Copyright and Fair Use Articles. It also contains a Copyright and Fair Use Overview: Stanford University's Fair Use Site
What is Copyright Protection?
This page by the Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters (CLM) contains discussions of the importance of copyright balance and the role of the library, the limits of copyright, the role and operation of exceptions to the rights of copyright owners, and copyright exceptions in the digital environment, among other information: CLM
Fair Use in Multimedia: Digital Age Copyright
This site by Stacey Carpenter, Multimedia Communications--Information Technology Division, Emory University explains The Copyright Act, especially the application of the fair use doctrine, in terms that are less confusing and ambiguous than legal terminology. It is geared towards
educators who compliment their teaching through the use of sound, video, commentary, slides, photographs, art, and text: Fair Use in Multimedia
Acquiring Permission to Reproduce Copyrighted Works
Here professors can get permission to reproduce copyrighted content such as articles and book chapters in journals, photocopies, coursepacks, library reserves, Web sites, e-mail and more. he site also allows users to learn which of its Online Permissions Services is right for them. As well, authors can license published works with CCC for important uses, from the classroom to the boardroom: Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
How Does the Government Define Copyright?
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of "original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. This site explains these protections: Copyright.gov
Tony Fonseca
Electronic Resources / Reference Librarian
230 Ellender Memorial Library
Phone: 985-448-4675
