This is a video about Fair Use Rights created by Sara Benson, copyright librarian at the University of Illinois Library. This brief video explains fair use, risk assessment, and some key fair use cases.

This easy to use framework walks students through how to analyze any United States copyright problem. This tool could be used to learn copyright law when applying it to given real or hypothetical situations.

One of the most difficult issues for educators, when faced with a copyright problem, is simply knowing where
to begin -- which parts of the legal rules and doctrines apply to the specific problem? To deal with this uncertainty, we suggest working through the following five questions, in the order they are presented. They are simple questions, but they are not easy to answer; by working through them in order, it is possible to identify which of the parts of copyright law apply to the specific problem or fact pattern that you need to address.

A brief overview of the history of copyright laws and why the Creative Commons was right on time!

FREE infographic you can download and print to distribute or share with your school. If you would like
printed glossy 11×17 posters, we would be happy to mail to your schools, free of charge. Send a request by emailing: info@copyrightandcreativity.org.

FREE Infographic for educational use with students or staff. You may print them yourself to display OR we would be happy to mail you glossy 11×17 posters, free of charge. Send a request by emailing: info@copyrightandcreativity.org.

This tool is designed to help you locate openly licensed materials to add to your OER. We'll also review how to incorporate content that is not openly licensed (copyrighted) through the principles of fair use.

This open textbook is designed specifically for library and information science courses and is authored and edited by copyright experts in libraries.

This textbook addresses legal issues relevant to librarians, archivists, and information technologists. Topics covered include copyright and intellectual property, contracts and licensing, FOIA, open meetings acts, bonds and millages, NAGPRA, and federal library legislation.

This is an edited volume of chapters from copyright experts around the globe explaining complex copyright issues in a clear, concise way. The majority of the chapters are licensed CC-BY. 

This is an edited volume of chapters from copyright experts around the globe explaining complex copyright issues in a clear, concise way. The majority of the chapters are licensed CC-BY. 

In this one hour webinar, we’ll discuss best practices and practical strategies for deciding when and how much of a copyrighted work you can include under fair use. After the workshop, educators will be able to enrich their course materials with photos, video clips, newspaper articles, and more. Better yet, they will know how to share them with a larger audience.

Bookmarks
Introduction: 0:00
Mini Intro to Copyright and Creative Commons: 9:33
Tools & Resources: 15:45
Language Specific Examples: 26:48

Webinar Materials
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- Overcoming Copyright Fear Worksheet: Fair Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z...
- Overcoming Copyright Fears Questions Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_...

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The Pathways Project is grateful to provide this professional development opportunity thanks to a recently awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Advancement Grant.

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This guide provides a primer on copyright and use permissions. It is intended to support teachers, librarians, curriculum experts and others in identifying the terms of use for digital resources, so that the resources may be appropriately (and legally) used as part of lessons and instruction. The guide also helps educators and curriculum experts in approaching the task of securing permission to use copyrighted materials in their classrooms, collections, libraries or elsewhere in new ways and with fewer restrictions than fair use potentially offers. The guide was created as part of ISKME's Primary Source Project, and is the result of collaboration with copyright holders, intellectual property experts, and educators.

This guide provides a primer on copyright and use permissions. It is intended to support teachers, librarians, curriculum experts and others in identifying the terms of use for digital resources, so that the resources may be appropriately (and legally) used as part of lessons and instruction. The guide also helps educators and curriculum experts in approaching the task of securing permission to use copyrighted materials in their classrooms, collections, libraries or elsewhere in new ways and with fewer restrictions than fair use potentially offers. The guide was created as part of ISKME's Primary Source Project, and is the result of collaboration with copyright holders, intellectual property experts, and educators.* "Copyright license choice" by opensource.com is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

This guide focuses specifically on some of the decisions you may need to make regarding the materials you have created or used in your research process, including drawings and photographs, tables and charts, lab notes and datasets, interviews and newscasts, software and digital artworks. It describes in non-legal language the basics of a few important terms, including “fair use,” “public domain,” “Creative Commons,” and “patent” as they may apply to these materials. Failure to consider the implications of different copyright and patent approaches for your own work can limit the impact of your work. Failure to adequately review, vet, and seek permission to use others’ work can, in a worst-case scenario, prevent your work from getting published or (in rare cases) lead to legal actions.

The following content is developed for satisify course requirements for the MDDE 622 course in Fall 2018.In the era of remixing and sharing, it is important to understand how copyright and licensing impact content creation. This learning module will introduce the topic of copyright and licensing to the reader. The module will also include an introduction to Creative Commons, the tools and resource provided by CC, the CC licenses, and finally how to properly provide attribution when using CC licensed content.The intended audience for this learning module includes faculty, instructional designers, and content developers who create and share educational content. This module can be embedded into instructional design courses that introduce topics such as sourcing, licensing, copyright, Creative Commons, and attribution.Note: All content provided here is licensed under CC BY unless specified otherwise.

This module was created in response to an observed need by BranchED and the module authors for efforts to increase the recognition, adaptation, and use of open educational resources (OER) among pre- and in-service teachers and the faculty who work in educator preparation programs. The module's purpose is to position teacher educators, teacher candidates and in-service teachers as empowered content creators. By explicitly teaching educators about content that has been licensed for re-use and informing them about their range of options for making their own works available to others, they will gain agency and can make inclusive and equity-minded decisions about curriculum content. The module provides instructional materials, resources, and activities about copyright, fair use, public domain, OER, and visual literacy to provide users with a framework for selecting, modifying, and developing curriculum materials.

These modules are meant to be very flexible so that instructors can use them in their courses as they see fit. They are organized into three categories: Basics Lessons, Fair Use Lessons, and Rights Statements Lessons. Each module explains the lesson objectives and is centered on an episode of the Podate ©hat (Copyright Chat). Some modules incorporate recommended readings as well. Each module has some “homework” for students to do outside of class as well as in-class exercises and discussion topics. The lessons are organized into modules because an instructor may only wish to engage with a particular topic, such as fair use or copyright myths, or might be more ambitious and have time to devote to all eight lessons. In any event, each module can stand alone or be used with other modules to create a course unit.

This lesson introduces you to the basics of U.S. copyright protection. Copyright is a form of legal protection that allows authors and other creators to control their original, creative work.By the end, you will be able to distinguish between what qualifies for copyright protection and what does not, as well as define basic copyright terms such as public domain and derivative.The content in this lesson is organized using the 6 Ws, outlined below:Why does copyright protection exist?Whose work is protected by copyright?What can copyright holders do with their copyrights?Which works can be protected by copyright?When is a work protected by copyright?Where are copyrighted works protected?

A look at how Creative Commons are applied to allow for remix, adaptation, and derivatives, and how to stay between the lines with each type of permission or restriction.