LibGuides: Citations: how and why: Copyright Help for Faculty

General Information on Copyright

About Copyright
Overview of copyright from the Copyright Clearance Center.
U.S. Copyright Office - The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The TEACH Act
From Copyright Clearance Center
Roles, Rules, and Responsibilities for Academic Institutions.
TEACH Act -- Anti-circumvention exceptions
The Librarian of Congress has been empowered to make exemptions to the prohibition on circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. Exemptions have been made in 2000, 2003, 2006 and in 2010.
Title 17, US Code
From the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School.
Using Course Management Systems: Guidelines and Best Practices for Copyright Compliance
White Paper from the Copyright Clearance Center. March 2022

Obtaining Permission to Use Copyrighted Material

Information on Getting Permission
The U.S. Copyright Office explains some of the conditions under which one needs to acquire permission to use a copyrighted resource.
WATCH copyright file
Harry Ransom Center University of Texas at Austin 's searchable file for locating ownership of copyrighted material.

Streaming Movies for Online Classes

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
From the Center for Media and Social Impact; a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.

ISSUE BRIEF Streaming of Films for Educational Purposes
Explanation of legal issues for streaming films for educational purposes.
Band, Jonathan. et. al. "Streaming of Films for Educational Purposes." 19 February. 2020, Adobe PDF file. https://lca.x0x8kvd0-liquidwebsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ibstreamingfilms_021810.pdf