Copyright for Libraries, Archives and Museums: Learn about Copyright

Webinar series on copyright topics from the ALA Washington Office. Not currently active but archived webinars are available.

A nice, straightforward overview of copyright. From the front page, click through to those topics of special interest, or click through each link in turn for a more comprehensive view.

A free book and curriculum from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

Basic copyright curriculum for K-12 teachers to use with their students, as well as supplementary resources. From the Electronic Freedom Foundation.

A MOOC offered periodically through Coursera. The professors are outstanding int he field: Kevin Smith, Duke University Libraries; Lisa A. Macklin, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University; Anne Gilliland, University Libraries, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

From Copyright Advisory Services at Cornell University Libraries, geared toward academic use.

Geared towards users of the University of California, this guide is straightforward and presented with a clear and simple style.

Short videos from the US Copyright Office on copyright, in plain, clear language. Some of these are catchy and fun, too!

Final agenda with links to slides and handouts - no recordings. Because the slides were intended to accompany presentations, this may be more useful for those with a good basic understanding of copyright already.

While this doesn't provide the full content of this outstanding course, it does provide links to readings and key court cases related to copyright.

Read this one first. Often, copyright and licensing don't even come into the picture!

Nice, short, basic overview of fair use.

Tons of information, including tools, videos, current topics, and more.

From Fair Use Week, commissioned by the Association of Research Libraries. Creative commons attribution 4.0 International (cc by 4.0) license.

Find videos, comic books, webinars, and more in this ever growing list of creative celebrations of fair use. Great for learning and teaching about fair use.

"The Fair Use Index tracks a variety of judicial decisions to help both lawyers and non-lawyers better understand the types of uses courts have previously determined to be fair—or not fair. The decisions span multiple federal jurisdictions, including the U.S. Supreme Court, circuit courts of appeal, and district courts. " You can browse or search for specific cases to pull up short overviews.

Brief overview of sections 512, 1201, and 1202 from the US Copyright Office.