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Licensing Your Work

Copyright Clearance Center
Rights Central from Copyright Clearance Center allows one to update titles, rights and fees, run royalty, usage and order status reports, track royalty payments, and approve permission requests.
Creative Commons
With a Creative Commons license, you will keep your copyright but allow people to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit — and only on the conditions you specify here.

Blogger’s Legal Guide (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
A quick guide to legal use of copyrighted materials in blog and other online posts.
Copyright & Privacy Guidelines for Recording Lectures
A video on YouTube where Duke University's Scholarly Communications Officer outlines the copyright and privacy issues to consider when recording lectures or classes for Internet distribution.
Podcasting Legal Guide -- Creative Commons
A guide to the various legal considerations around use of copyrighted and open content licensed works in creation of a podcas

Columbia University: Copyright Advisory Office
Comprehensive copyright resources from Columbia University.
Indiana University: Copyright FAQs
Frequently asked questions about copyright from Indiana University.
Stanford University: Copyright and Fair Use
Comprehensive copyright resources from Stanford University.
University of Minnesota: Copyright Information & Education
Comprehensive copyright resources from University of Minnesota.
US Copyright Office
Website of US Copyright Office (Library of Congress).