University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

Basics

• Crash Course on Copyrights
• U.S. Copyright Office
• When does Copyright expire?
• Stanford Copyright Renewal Database
• Copyright Registrations and Renewals (Catalog of Copyright Entries)
• Copyright Primer
• Council of UW Libraries General Copyright Questions

Fair Use

• Copyright and Fair Use
• Fair Use Checklist

Permissions Information

• Getting Permission
• Securing Permission...Expediting the Process with the Aid of Collective Rights Organizations
• Who owns the copyright? - WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry

Legal Resources

• U.S. Copyright Law

Resources for Faculty

• Know Your Copy Rights
• TEACH [Act] Toolkit
• Copyright Resources for Schools and Libraries
• Guidelines for Classroom Copying of Books and Periodicals
  

Music and Copyright

• MLA, Copyright for Music Librarians
• Music Publishers Assoc. Copyright Resource Center

Multimedia and Copyright

• Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
• Applying Analog Fair Use and Performance Rights to Multimedia
• Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines
• Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) - What Colleges and Universities Need to Know

Policies

• UW-Green Bay Policy on Ownership of Instructional Materials

Scenarios and FAQs

• Copyright Scenarios (from U of Minnesota)
• U of MN Copyright FAQ
• Copyright Advisory Network

Keeping up to date

• Copyright Advisory Network
• Current Legislation
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Due to the complexities of copyright law and inconsistencies in interpretation, we invite faculty to speak with Marlys Brunsting, Coordinator of Library Automation at 920-465-2893 or brunstim@uwgb.edu about copyright issues.

Last revised: April 24, 2009