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Copyright & Fair Use

The content on this guide is a more up-to-date version of the Copyright for College Educators brochure.

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
Use Creative Commons to open license your work. You will keep your ownership and authorship, but allow people to copy and distribute your work without needing to ask your permission.

Blogging, Podcasting & Recording Lectures

Blogger’s Legal Guide (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
A quick guide to legal use of copyrighted materials in blog and other online posts.
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

Government & University Sites

Columbia University: Copyright Advisory Services
Comprehensive copyright resources from Columbia University.
Stanford Libraries: Copyright and Fair Use
Comprehensive copyright resources from Stanford University.
University of Minnesota: Copyright Information Services
Comprehensive copyright resources from University of Minnesota.
US Copyright Office
Website of US Copyright Office (Library of Congress).

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