Copyright: Copyright Tools & Guidelines

• The Fair Use Evaluator "is an online tool that can help users understand how to determine if the use of a protected work is a “fair use.” It helps users collect, organize, and document the information they may need to support a fair use claim, and  provides a time-stamped PDF document for the users’ records."
• The Public Domain Slider - use the red arrow in the right margin and select the correct Date of First Publication for information on copyright status.

• The Copyright Reference Guide: Fair Use - this Guide was created by a Sara Benson, a copyright lawyer/librarian at the University of Illinois. This is one of the best explanations of fair use around. The Guide also has other informative videos and links to several copyright evaluation tools.
  • Course Materials and Copyright for Professors provides great guidance on how to think about course materials and copyright, both in physical and digital formats.
• Copyright - Fair Use and Copyright. Another excellent research guide at the University of Rhode Island has an up-to-date discussion of the fair use doctrine as well as examples to guide you in evaluating fair use. Of particular interest for instructors are the examples pages, especially for videos. Specific questions about copyright should be directed to the TMCC Legal Counsel's Office in RDMT 200 or by calling 775-673-7396.
• The Fair Use Checklist at Columbia University. Click the PDF checklist at the bottom of the page.
• Fair Use Evaluator: this tool allows you to run a Fair Use evaluation on material you want to use.
• Copyright and Fair Use guidelines from Stanford University.

General Guidelines

• Copyright and Course Management Systems - white paper from the Copyright Clearance Center.

Guidance for Course Reserves

• Copyright and Course Reserves - this Penn State page has good general guidelines regarding course reserves and copyright issues.
• Guidelines for Electronic Reserves - This UCLA site has good information on digital course reserves and copyright.

Journal Articles of Interest
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• Can We Make Copies of That? Copyright for Higher Education Institutions - briefly discusses the Fair Use Exception and the application of the four factors in determining Fair Use.
• How Much is Too Much?: Campbell and the Third Use Factor - "this Article examines the appellate fair use decisions since Campbell to investigate whether and how lower courts have used Campbell's reasonableness approach."