Copyright for Libraries, Archives and Museums: Learn about Copyright

Although the scheduling isn't usually ideal for Alaskans and sessions don't seem to be recorded, this is a great source for high quality, free webinars on a wide variety of copyright topics.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Research, resources, and more on the user rights aspect of copyright. Includes links and citations to fascinating research on ways to address user rights, the results of what's been done elsewhere, and how to look at the situation empirically. There are also links to policy statements/submissions, events and workshops, and video. From the American University Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property.

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.

From the Washington College of Law at the American University, see the InfoJustice blog, and IP related news, research, and events. This covers more than copyright.

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

This provides one example of things to consider when deciding whether you can use web content, from the Library of Congress.

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.

Early guidance from the US Copyright Office.

Guest blog post by Sandra Aya Enimil, February 254, 2022. On the blog, Copyright at Harvard Library, Fair Use Week 2022: Day Five

By Brandon Butler, Prue Adler, and Krista Cox, published July 8, 2019, this white paper was published by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the University of Virginia Library. It focuses on the higher education context, but much of the information may be more broadly applicable, such as to libraries affiliated with a government, as long as providing accessible content is the goal.

See NLS implementation plans.

See the treaty in various accessible formats as well as some interpretation and implementation information from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which administers it.

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